Shloka 12

Adhyāya 240: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman — The Inner Hierarchy and Restraint (इन्द्रिय-मनस्-बुद्धि-आत्म-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

सिध्यन्ति चास्य सर्वार्था विज्ञानं च प्रवर्तते । सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु लब्धालब्धेन वर्तयन्‌

Transliteration

sidhyanti cāsya sarvārthā vijñānaṃ ca pravartate | samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu labdhālabdhena vartayan, sattvasaṃsevanād dhīro nidrām ucchettum arhati |

Translation

ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ—ଏପରି ଅନୁଶାସନରେ ସାଧକର ସମସ୍ତ ଉଦ୍ଦେଶ୍ୟ ସିଦ୍ଧ ହୁଏ ଏବଂ ବିବେକଜ୍ଞାନ ପ୍ରବର୍ତ୍ତିତ ହୁଏ। ସେ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀ ପ୍ରତି ସମଭାବ ରଖି, ଲାଭ-ଅଲାଭରେ ସନ୍ତୋଷରେ ଜୀବନ ନିର୍ବାହ କରୁ। ସତ୍ତ୍ୱସେବନରେ ଧୀର ପୁରୁଷ ନିଦ୍ରା (ଆଳସ୍ୟ ଓ ପ୍ରମାଦ) କୁ ଛେଦ କରିବାକୁ ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• सिध्यन्ति: are accomplished
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिध्
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम, बहुवचन

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

• अस्य: of him / of this (person)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• सर्वार्थाः: all aims/purposes
• सर्वार्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वार्थ
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• विज्ञानम्: discriminative knowledge
• विज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान
• Form: नपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• प्रवर्तते: arises / proceeds
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

• समः: equal-minded
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्वेषु: in all
• सर्वेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• भूतेषु: beings
• भूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: नपुं, सप्तमी, बहुवचन

• लब्धालब्धेन: by what is obtained or not obtained
• लब्धालब्धेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लब्ध-अलब्ध
• Form: नपुं, तृतीया, एकवचन

• वर्तयन्: conducting himself / living
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सत्त्वसंसेवनात्: from the practice/association of sattva
• सत्त्वसंसेवनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व-संसेवन
• Form: नपुं, पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• धीरः: the steadfast man
• धीरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीर
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• निद्राम्: sleep
• निद्राम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निद्रा
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उच्छेत्तुम्: to cut off / to eliminate
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्√छिद्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हति: is able / deserves
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cultivate sattva and equanimity: when one remains impartial toward all beings and is content in gain and non-gain, higher discernment (vijñāna) awakens and the practitioner becomes capable of overcoming sleep-like inertia and heedlessness, leading to the fulfillment of spiritual aims.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and inner discipline, Vyāsa continues a didactic passage describing the marks and results of yogic conduct—impartiality toward beings, contentment with outcomes, and the arising of realized knowledge.