Shloka 46

Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt

Devanagari script

द्वाराणि तस्येह वदन्ति सन्‍्तो बहुप्रकाराणि दुराधराणि । सत्यार्जवे ह्वीर्दमशौचविद्या यथा न मोहप्रतिबोधनानि,संत पुरुष यहाँ उस बहाज्ञानमयी लक्ष्मीकी प्राप्तिके अनेकों द्वार बतलाते हैं, जो कि मोहको जगानेवाले नहीं हैं तथा जिनको कठिनतासे धारण किया जाता है। उनके नाम हैं-- सत्य, सरलता, लज्जा, दम, शौच और विद्या

Transliteration

dvārāṇi tasyeha vadanti santaḥ bahuprakārāṇi durādharāṇi | satyārjave hrīr damaś śaucavidyā yathā na mohapratibodhanāni ||

Translation

ပညာရှိတို့က ဤလောက၌ ထိုအမြင့်မြတ်သောကောင်းကျိုးသို့ ဝင်ရောက်ရာ “တံခါး” များ အမျိုးမျိုးရှိကြောင်း ပြောကြသည်—ထိုတံခါးများသည် ထိန်းသိမ်းလိုက်နာရန် ခက်ခဲသည်။ ၎င်းတို့မှာ သစ္စာ၊ ဖြောင့်မတ်ရိုးသားမှု၊ ရှက်ကြောက်မှု၊ ကိုယ်ကိုထိန်းချုပ်မှု (ဒမ)၊ သန့်ရှင်းမှု (ရှောချ) နှင့် အမှန်တရား၏ ပညာ (ဝိဒ္ယာ) တို့ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤဂုဏ်သတ္တိများသည် မောဟကို မနှိုးဆော်ဘဲ မောဟမှ နိုးထစေသည်။

Word by Word

• {'dvārāṇi': 'doors, gateways

• means of access', 'tasya': 'of that (goal/attainment, i.e., the highest good or true prosperity)', 'iha': 'here, in this world/this life', 'vadanti': 'they say, they declare', 'santaḥ': 'the good, the wise, the virtuous', 'bahuprakārāṇi': 'of many kinds, manifold', 'durādharāṇi': 'hard to bear/maintain

• difficult to practice steadily', 'satya': 'truthfulness

• commitment to truth in speech and conduct', 'ārjava (ārjave)': 'straightforwardness, sincerity, absence of crookedness', 'hrīḥ (hrīr)': 'modesty, moral shame

• inner restraint from wrongdoing', 'damaḥ (damaś)': 'self-control

• restraint of senses and impulses', 'śauca': 'purity, cleanliness

• inner and outer purity', 'vidyā': 'true knowledge

• discriminative understanding aligned with dharma', 'yathā': 'such that

• in a manner that', 'na': 'not', 'moha': 'delusion, confusion, moral blindness', 'pratibodhanāni': 'awakenings/arousals

• that which stirs up (here: of delusion)'}

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanatsujāta
• santaḥ (the wise/virtuous)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sanatsujāta teaches that access to the highest good is gained through difficult but purifying virtues—truth, straightforwardness, modesty, self-restraint, purity, and knowledge—which dispel delusion rather than intensify it.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Sanatsujātīya section of Udyoga Parva, Sanatsujāta instructs (in a didactic dialogue) on dharma and spiritual welfare, listing the key virtues that serve as ‘gateways’ to true prosperity and awakening.