Shloka 5

Adhyāya 33: Brāhmaṇa-Upadeśa on Buddhi, Āśrama-Forms, and Inner Freedom

Devanagari script

एक: पन्था ब्राह्मणानां येन गच्छन्ति तद्विद: । गृहेषु वनवासेषु गुरुवासेषु भिक्षुषु

Transliteration

ekaḥ panthā brāhmaṇānāṁ yena gacchanti tadvidaḥ | gṛheṣu vanavāseṣu guruvāseṣu bhikṣuṣu brahmacarye gārhasthye vānaprasthe ca saṁnyāse ca ||

Translation

ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ କହିଲେ—ବ୍ରହ୍ମକୁ ସତ୍ୟରେ ଜାଣୁଥିବା ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ପଥ ଏକଟି ମାତ୍ର; ଯେ ପଥରେ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱଜ୍ଞମାନେ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହୁଅନ୍ତି। ସେମାନେ ଘରେ ରୁହନ୍ତୁ କି ବନେ ବସନ୍ତୁ, ଗୁରୁଙ୍କ ସନ୍ନିଧିରେ ରୁହନ୍ତୁ କି ଭିକ୍ଷାବୃତ୍ତିରେ ଜୀବନ ଯାପନ କରନ୍ତୁ; ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚର୍ଯ୍ୟ, ଗାର୍ହସ୍ଥ୍ୟ, ବାନପ୍ରସ୍ଥ କି ସନ୍ନ୍ୟାସ—ଯେ କୌଣସି ଆଶ୍ରମରେ ଥାଆନ୍ତୁ, ବ୍ରହ୍ମବେତ୍ତା ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନେ ଏକେ ଏକୀଭୂତ ପଥରେ ଚାଲନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• एकः: one, single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पन्थाः: path, way
• पन्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गच्छन्ति: they go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तद्विदः: knowers of that (truth)
• तद्विदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद्विद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa)
• ब्रह्मवेत्ता / तद्विद् (knower of Brahman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That true spiritual realization (knowledge of Brahman) is not confined to a single external lifestyle. Across the four āśramas and varied modes of living, the Brahmavid’s essential path—rooted in inner discipline, right conduct, and realization—is one.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker is instructing the listener(s) by emphasizing the unity of the spiritual path for the wise: regardless of whether one lives as a student, householder, forest-dweller, or renunciant, the knower of Brahman follows the same fundamental way.