Shloka 63

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

Devanagari script

ते भावमेकमायान्ति सरित: सागर यथा | क्योंकि वे लोग बहुत-से व्याकुलतारहित चिह्लोंको धारण करके भी एक बुद्धिका ही आश्रय लेते हैं। भिन्न-भिन्न आश्रमोंमें रहते हुए भी जिनकी बुद्धि शान्तिके साधनमें लगी हुई है

Transliteration

te bhāvam ekam āyānti saritaḥ sāgaraṃ yathā |

Translation

ଯେପରି ସମସ୍ତ ନଦୀ ଶେଷରେ ସମୁଦ୍ରକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଏ, ସେପରି ଭିନ୍ନ-ଭିନ୍ନ ଆଶ୍ରମ ଓ ବାହ୍ୟ ଆଚାରରେ ରହିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ଯାହାଙ୍କ ବୁଦ୍ଧି ଶାନ୍ତି ଓ ପରମ ହିତର ସାଧନରେ ନିଶ୍ଚଳ, ସେମାନେ ଶେଷେ ସେଇ ଏକମାତ୍ର ସତ୍ସ୍ୱରୂପ ପରବ୍ରହ୍ମକୁ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भावम्: state/condition; (here) one state
• भावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एकम्: one, single
• एकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आयान्ति: they go/come; they reach
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (इ)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सरितः: rivers
• सरितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरित्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सागरम्: ocean, sea
• सागरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa, speaker)
• सरितः (rivers)
• सागर (ocean/sea)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Outward differences in life-stages or disciplines do not prevent liberation when the inner orientation is unified: a mind devoted to peace and the highest truth culminates in realization of the one supreme Reality, just as many rivers merge into one ocean.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa speaker uses a natural metaphor—rivers flowing to the sea—to explain to the listener that diverse practices and social stations can converge in the same final spiritual attainment when guided by a steady, tranquil, truth-seeking intellect.