Shloka 37

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

Devanagari script

निस्तर्तव्यान्यथैतानि सर्वाणीति नराधिप । मन्यते<यं हाबुद्धत्वात्‌ तथैव सुकृतान्यपि

Transliteration

vasiṣṭha uvāca |

nistartavyāny athaitāni sarvāṇīti narādhipa |

manyate ’yaṃ hābuddhatvāt tathaiva sukṛtāny api ||

Translation

ହେ ନରାଧିପ! କେବଳ ଅବୁଦ୍ଧିବଶତଃ ସେ ଭାବେ ଯେ ଏହି ସମସ୍ତ ଅବସ୍ଥା ଓ ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱକୁ ‘ପାର ହୋଇ’ ଏଡ଼ାଇବା ଦରକାର; ଏବଂ ନିଜ ପୁଣ୍ୟକର୍ମ ବିଷୟରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେ ଏହିପରି ଭାବେ। ପ୍ରକୃତିର ପ୍ରେରଣାରେ ଦ୍ୱନ୍ଦ୍ୱ ନିତ୍ୟ ପୁନରାବୃତ୍ତ ହୁଏ; କିନ୍ତୁ ଅଜ୍ଞାନରେ ଜୀବ ସେଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ‘ମୋ ଉପରେ’ ଆକ୍ରମଣ ବୋଲି ଧରି ବ୍ୟାକୁଳ ହୁଏ। ପ୍ରକୃତିସଂଯୁକ୍ତ ହୋଇ ସେ ଆଉ ଏହିପରି କଳ୍ପନା କରେ—‘ମୁଁ ଦେବଲୋକକୁ ଯାଇ କର୍ମଫଳ ଭୋଗିବି; ପୂର୍ବକୃତ ଶୁଭାଶୁଭ କର୍ମର ପ୍ରକଟ ଫଳ ଏଠି ହିଁ ଭୋଗିବାକୁ ପଡ଼ିବ’—ଏହି ଭ୍ରାନ୍ତିରେ ସେ ଶୋକରେ ବନ୍ଧିତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• निस्तर्तव्यानि: to be crossed over / to be got through
• निस्तर्तव्यानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निस्तर्तव्य (निस् + तॄ)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: then / now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• नराधिप: O king / lord of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप (नर + अधिप)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मन्यते: thinks / supposes
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

• अयम्: this (person) / he
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अबुद्धत्वात्: from ignorance / due to lack of understanding
• अबुद्धत्वात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अबुद्धत्व (अ + बुद्ध + त्व)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• तथा: so / likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• सुकृतानि: good deeds / merits
• सुकृतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse critiques ignorance: a person misidentifies recurring pleasure–pain dualities and karmic outcomes as personal attacks and believes they must be forcibly ‘escaped.’ This mistaken self-notion (born of avidyā) sustains anxiety and bondage; wisdom sees these as natural recurrences within prakṛti and as karmic fruition, not as the true Self.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented ethics and metaphysics, Vasiṣṭha addresses a king and explains how the embodied person, conjoined with prakṛti, forms wrong beliefs about suffering, merit, and heavenly enjoyment—thereby perpetuating sorrow and continued wandering.