Shloka 9

Adhyāya 34: Kṣetrajña-Lakṣaṇa and the Araṇi Metaphor

Mind–Intellect Allegory

Devanagari script

सव्वन्ननार्थयुक्तां श्व सर्वान्‌ प्रत्यक्षहेतुकान्‌ यतः परं न विद्येत ततो<भ्यासे भविष्यति

Transliteration

sarvān anarthayuktān ca sarvān pratyakṣa-hetukān | yato paraṃ na vidyeta tato 'bhyāse bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

ଯେ ସମସ୍ତ ପଦାର୍ଥ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ଭାବେ ଭାସେ ଏବଂ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ କାରଣଯୁକ୍ତ ବୋଲି ମନେ ହୁଏ, ସେମାନେ ସମସ୍ତେ ପରମାର୍ଥରେ ଅର୍ଥଯୁକ୍ତ ନୁହେଁ। ଯାହାର ପରେ କିଛି ନାହିଁ, ତାହାର ସାକ୍ଷାତ୍କାର ‘ନେତି-ନେତି’—ଏହା ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ, ସେହା ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ—ଏହି ନିଷେଧ-ଅଭ୍ୟାସର ଶେଷ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟରେ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• सर्वानर्थयुक्तान्: endowed with (only) non-meaning / not truly meaningful
• सर्वानर्थयुक्तान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + अनर्थ + युक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्रत्यक्षहेतुकान्: having perception as their cause / based on direct perception
• प्रत्यक्षहेतुकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष + हेतु + क
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यतः: from which; because (of which)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः

• परम्: beyond; higher (thing/state)
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• विद्येत: would exist / could be found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• ततः: therefore; from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• अभ्यासे: in (the) practice / repeated exercise
• अभ्यासे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यास
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be / will occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Future (Lṛṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (the Brahmin speaker)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sense-perceived, causally explained phenomena do not yield ultimate meaning; the Supreme Reality—beyond which nothing exists—is realized only through sustained spiritual practice, especially the discriminative negation of all limited identifications (‘neti-neti’).

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin speaker instructs the listener in a contemplative, Upanishadic mode, shifting attention away from the apparent certainty of the perceptible world toward disciplined practice that culminates in direct realization of the highest principle.