Shloka 8

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

न हीदृशमहं भावमवश: प्राप्प केवलम्‌ | यदेवमभिजानामि का व्यथा मे विजानतः

Transliteration

śakra uvāca | na hīdṛśam ahaṃ bhāvam avaśaḥ prāpya kevalam | yad evam abhijānāmi kā vyathā me vijānataḥ ||

Translation

ଏପରି ଅବସ୍ଥା (ଗର୍ଦ୍ଧଭ-ଦେହ) ପାଇଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୁଁ କେବଳ ତାହାରେ ବିବଶ ହୋଇନି। ଯେତେବେଳେ ମୁଁ ଦେହର ଅନିତ୍ୟତା ଓ ଆତ୍ମାର ଅସଙ୍ଗତାକୁ ଏଭଳି ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଜାଣେ, ତେବେ ଜାଣିଥିବା ମୋତେ କେଉଁ ବ୍ୟଥା ହେବ?

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• hi: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi

• īdṛśam: such (a kind of)
• īdṛśam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īdṛśa
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• aham: I
• aham: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• bhāvam: state/condition
• bhāvam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāva
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• avaśaḥ: helpless/under compulsion
• avaśaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: avaśa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• prāptavān: having obtained/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (dhātu) + pra-
• Form: ktavatu (past active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• kevalam: only/merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala

• yat: that/which (since)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• evam: thus/in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam

• abhijānāmi: I know/recognize
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (dhātu) + abhi-
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• kā: what (kind of)?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: kim
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• vyathā: pain/distress
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyathā
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• me: of me/to me (my)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• vijānataḥ: of (me) knowing/while knowing
• Type: Verb
• Root: jñā (dhātu) + vi-
• Form: śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True distress arises from identification with the body and circumstances; one who knows the body’s impermanence and the Self’s non-attachment is not inwardly compelled by external conditions and therefore remains free from suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra), speaking from within an adverse embodied condition (alluded to in the passage as a donkey-like body), declares that he is not helpless because he retains discriminative knowledge: understanding the transient nature of the body and the unattached Self, he sees no reason for anguish.