Shloka 11

Sanatsujāta on Vedic Learning, Truth (Satya), and the Discipline of Dama–Tyāga–Apramāda

Devanagari script

शिष्यवृत्तिक्रमेणैव विद्यामाप्रोति यः शुचि: । ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतस्यास्य प्रथम: पाद उच्यते

Transliteration

śiṣyavṛttikrameṇaiva vidyām āpnoti yaḥ śuciḥ | brahmacaryavratasya asya prathamaḥ pāda ucyate ||

Translation

ଯେ ଶୁଚି-ଚିତ୍ତ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତି ଶିଷ୍ୟବୃତ୍ତିର କ୍ରମକୁ ଅନୁସରି ଧୀରେ ଧୀରେ ବିଦ୍ୟା ଲାଭ କରେ—ତାହାକୁ ଏହି ବ୍ରହ୍ମଚର୍ଯ୍ୟବ୍ରତର ପ୍ରଥମ ପାଦ କୁହାଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• शिष्यवृत्तिक्रमेण: by the sequence/method of a student's conduct
• शिष्यवृत्तिक्रमेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिष्यवृत्ति-क्रम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• विद्याम्: knowledge/learning
• विद्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आप्नोति: attains/obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुचिः: pure/clean
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतस्य: of the vow of brahmacarya (celibate studentship)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य-व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• प्रथमः: first
• प्रथमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पादः: step/quarter (part)
• पादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यते: is said/is called
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

सनत्सुजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanatsujāta

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Knowledge is not gained merely by hearing doctrines; it is grounded in disciplined student-conduct (śiṣyavṛtti) practiced in proper sequence. Such purity and regulated living are presented as the first foundational part of the brahmacarya-vow.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Sanatsujāta’s instruction (within Udyoga Parva), he outlines the components of brahmacarya and the path to higher knowledge, identifying disciplined discipleship and purity as the initial ‘pāda’—the starting foundation for the observance.