Shloka 56

Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

नैतत्‌ पार्थ सुविज्ञेयं व्यामिश्रेणेति मे मतिः । नरेणाकृतसंज्ञेन विशुद्धेनान्तरात्मना

Transliteration

naitat pārtha suvijñeyaṁ vyāmiśreṇeti me matiḥ | nareṇākṛtasaṁjñena viśuddhenāntarātmanā, kuntīnandana!

Translation

ବାୟୁ କହିଲେ—ହେ ପାର୍ଥ! ମୋ ମତରେ ବ୍ୟାମିଶ୍ର (ଗୋଳମାଳ) ବୁଦ୍ଧିରେ ଏହା ସହଜରେ ବୁଝିହେବା ନୁହେଁ। ଯାହାର ଚେତନା ଯଥାର୍ଥ ଉପଦେଶରେ ଗଢ଼ା ନାହିଁ, ଯାହାର ମନ ଅସ୍ଥିର ଓ ଅଭ୍ୟାସହୀନ—ସେ ଏହାକୁ ସହଜରେ ଧରିପାରେ ନାହିଁ। କେବଳ ଶୁଦ୍ଧ ଅନ୍ତଃକରଣ ଥିବା ଲୋକ ଏହାକୁ ସତ୍ୟରେ ଜାଣିପାରେ, ହେ କୁନ୍ତୀପୁତ୍ର।

Word by Word

• {'na etat': 'not this

• not this matter (i.e., not easily accessible as a topic)', 'pārtha': 'son of Pṛthā (Kuntī)

• Arjuna', 'suvijñeyam': 'easily knowable

• readily understood', 'vyāmiśreṇa': 'mixed, confused, entangled (in thought/understanding)', 'iti': 'thus', 'me matiḥ': 'my opinion

• my considered view', 'nareṇa': 'by a man

• by a person', 'akṛta-saṁjñena': 'with unformed/uncultivated awareness

• lacking proper instruction or settled discernment', 'viśuddhena': 'by one who is purified

• pure', 'antar-ātmanā': 'with the inner self

• inwardly (with purified inner consciousness)', 'kuntī-nandana': 'delight/son of Kuntī

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Kuntīnandana (Arjuna/Kuntī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True understanding of subtle dharmic or spiritual matters requires inner purity and a settled, trained awareness; a confused or unprepared mind cannot grasp such knowledge easily.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva addresses Arjuna (Pārtha, Kuntīnandana), cautioning him that the subject under discussion is not readily comprehended by someone with mixed understanding; only a person with a purified inner self can know it properly.