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Shloka 5

दत्तचक्षुरिवाकाशे पश्यामि विमृशामि च । प्रज्ञानवचनाद्यो5यमुपदेशो हि मे कृत:,आपने मुझे यह उपदेश क्या दिया, अन्धेको आँख दे दी। आपके इस ज्ञानमय वचनको सुनकर मैं आकाशकी ओर देखता और कर्तव्यका विचार करता हूँ

dattacakṣur ivākāśe paśyāmi vimṛśāmi ca | prajñānavacanād yo ’yam upadeśo hi me kṛtaḥ ||

ဗြာဟ္မဏက ပြောသည်— «သင်သည် မျက်ကန်းတစ်ဦးအား မျက်စိပေးသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်သည်။ ဉာဏ်ပညာနှင့် ခွဲခြားသိမြင်မှုမှ ပေါက်ဖွားလာသော ဤအကြံဉာဏ်ကို ကြားနာပြီးနောက်၊ ယခု ကျွန်ုပ်သည် ကောင်းကင်အလွတ်သို့ မော့ကြည့်သကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်ကာ၊ မည်သည်ကို လုပ်သင့်သည်ကို စဉ်းစားသုံးသပ်နေသည်»။

दत्तचक्षुःone whose eyes have been given (as if given sight)
दत्तचक्षुः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदत्तचक्षुस्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आकाशेin the sky
आकाशे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआकाश
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
पश्यामिI see
पश्यामि:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
विमृशामिI reflect/consider
विमृशामि:
TypeVerb
Rootमृश्
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रज्ञानवचनात्from (your) wise statement
प्रज्ञानवचनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रज्ञानवचन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
यःwhich/that (he/this)
यः:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अयम्this
अयम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपदेशःinstruction/teaching
उपदेशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउपदेश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
मेof me / to me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
कृतःdone/made/given
कृतः:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPast passive participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brahmin speaker)
आकाश (sky)

Educational Q&A

True instruction grounded in wisdom (prajñā) removes inner blindness: it grants clarity and enables careful deliberation about dharma—what should be done—rather than impulsive action.

A Brahmin responds to a prior teaching with gratitude and transformation. He compares the counsel to restoring sight, saying that after hearing it he can ‘see’ clearly and thoughtfully consider his proper course of action.