Shloka 6

Devanagari script

संयुज्यमानानि निशम्य लोके निर्यात्यमानानि च सात्विकानि । दृष्टवा तु धर्मध्वजकेतुमालां प्रकीर्यमाणामुपरि प्रजानाम्‌,जब मैं सुनता हूँ कि संसारमें विषयोंके सम्पर्कमें आये हुए साक्चिक पुरुष भी तरह तरहकी यातनाएँ भोगते हैं तथा जब देखता हूँ कि समस्त प्रजाके ऊपर यमराजकी ध्वजाएँ फहरा रही हैं, तब भोगकालमें भोगोंके प्राप्त होनेपर भी उन्हें भोगनेकी रुचि मेरे मनमें नहीं होती है। जब संन्यासियोंको भी दूसरोंके दरवाजोंपर अन्न-वस्त्रकी भीख माँगते देखता हूँ, तब उस संन्यास-धर्ममें भी मेरा मन नहीं लगता है; अतः अतिथिदेव! आप अपनी ही बुद्धिके बलसे अब मुझे धर्मद्वारा धर्ममें लगाइये

Transliteration

saṁyujyamānāni niśamya loke niryātyamānāni ca sāttvikāni | dṛṣṭvā tu dharmadhvajaketumālāṁ prakīryamāṇām upari prajānām ||

Translation

Diz o brâmane: “Quando ouço que, neste mundo, até pessoas sāttvika—embora envolvidas nos contatos comuns da vida—são impelidas adiante e obrigadas a suportar muitas aflições, e quando vejo, sobre todos os seres, os estandartes e bandeiras do Dharma—sinais do domínio de Yama—espalhando-se e lançando-se sobre a multidão, então, mesmo quando os prazeres chegam no tempo do prazer, minha mente não encontra gosto neles. E quando vejo também os renunciantes parados às portas alheias, mendigando alimento e vestes, minha mente não se aquieta nem mesmo nesse caminho de renúncia. Portanto, ó hóspede venerável, pela força do teu próprio entendimento, estabelece-me no Dharma por meio do Dharma.”

Word by Word

संयुज्यमानानिbeing joined/associated (with objects)

निशम्यhaving heard

लोकेin the world

निर्यात्यमानानिbeing driven out/led forth (to suffering)

चand

सात्विकानिsattvic/virtuous (persons/things)

दृष्ट्वाhaving seen

तुbut/indeed

धर्मध्वजकेतुमालाम्the garland/array of dharma-banners and standards

प्रकीर्यमाणाम्being scattered/spread

उपरिabove/upon

प्रजानाम्of the creatures/subjects

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (the speaker)

ध

धर्म (Dharma)

प

प्रजा (all beings/subjects)

य

यमराज (implied by the Hindi gloss: Yama, lord of death and justice)

अ

अतिथि (addressed in the Hindi gloss: the guest/interlocutor)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse expresses vairāgya: seeing that suffering and death overtake even the virtuous, the speaker loses appetite for sense-enjoyments and even feels unsettled about external renunciation. He asks to be grounded in true Dharma—an inner, discerning commitment rather than mere worldly pleasure or mere outward asceticism.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa reflects on the condition of the world: people, including the sāttvika, are swept into hardship, and the shadow of Yama’s law hangs over all beings. Disillusioned with both enjoyment and the visible hardships of mendicancy, he turns to the respected interlocutor (‘guest’) for guidance to be established in Dharma.