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Shloka 7

Jājali’s Austerities and the Summons to Tulādhāra (जाजलि–तुलाधार-इतिहासः)

परंतु जो मूर्ख फलके लोभसे सदा उस वृक्षपर चढ़ता है, उसे वह वृक्ष ही मार डालता है; ठीक वैसे ही, जैसे खायी हुई विषकी गोली रोगीको मार डालती है ।।

tasyānugatamūlasya mūlam uddhriyate balāt | yogaprasādāt kṛtinā sāmyena paramāsinā ||

သို့သော် မိုက်မဲသူသည် အသီးလောဘကြောင့် ထိုသစ်ပင်ပေါ်သို့ အမြဲတက်လျှင် ထိုသစ်ပင်ပင် သူ့ကို သတ်လိမ့်မည်— စားသုံးမိသော အဆိပ်လုံးက လူနာကို သတ်သကဲ့သို့။ ထိုသစ်ပင်၏ အမြစ်များသည် အလွန်ဝေးဝေးထိ ပျံ့နှံ့၍ အဆုံးမရှိ ဆက်လက်လိုက်ပါနေသော်လည်း၊ ယောဂ၏ ကျေးဇူးကြောင့် စွမ်းရည်ရှိ၍ သေချာသိမြင်သူက သမတ၏ အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံး ဓားဖြင့် အားထုတ်ကာ အမြစ်ကိုပင် ဆွဲထုတ်ဖျက်ဆီးနိုင်သည်။

तस्यof that (tree/desire)
तस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
अनुगतhaving extended/spread
अनुगत:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootअनु-गम्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
मूलस्यof the root
मूलस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootमूल
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
मूलम्the root
मूलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमूल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
उद्ध्रियतेis uprooted / is pulled out
उद्ध्रियते:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-हृ
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
बलात्by force
बलात्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
योगof yoga
योग:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयोग
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
प्रसादात्from/through the grace (clarity, favor)
प्रसादात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसाद
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
कृतिनाby the accomplished/wise man
कृतिना:
Kartr
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootकृतिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
साम्येनby equanimity
साम्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसाम्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
परमsupreme
परम:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
असिनाwith a sword
असिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअसि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyasa
T
tree (metaphor: kāma-vṛkṣa / desire-tree)
S
sword (metaphor: equanimity)

Educational Q&A

Desire and greed form a deeply rooted entanglement; true freedom comes not from superficial restraint but from uprooting the very root-cause through yogic clarity and the ‘sword’ of equanimity (sāmya), wielded by a disciplined and capable mind.

Vyāsa continues a moral instruction using a vivid metaphor: a tree whose roots spread far represents the expanding network of craving. He states that only a spiritually accomplished person, aided by yogic insight and steadiness, can cut it down at the root—implying a decisive inner transformation rather than partial reform.