Shloka 46

रावण–मारीचसंवादः तथा मृगप्रलोभनपूर्वकं सीताहरणोपक्रमः

Rāvaṇa–Mārīca Dialogue and the Decoy-Deer Prelude to Sītā’s Abduction

Devanagari script

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्भूत्वा समलोष्टाश्मकाउ्चन: । ज्ञानयोगेन शुद्धेन ध्याननित्यो बभूव ह

Transliteration

tulya-nindā-stutir bhūtvā sama-loṣṭāśma-kāñcanaḥ | jñāna-yogena śuddhena dhyāna-nityo babhūva ha ||

Translation

Vyāsa disse: Tendo-se tornado alguém para quem censura e louvor eram o mesmo, e para quem um torrão de terra, uma pedra e o ouro eram iguais, foi purificado pela disciplina imaculada do yoga do conhecimento e passou a permanecer continuamente em meditação.

Word by Word

तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिःone to whom censure and praise are equal

भूत्वाhaving become

समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनःone to whom clod, stone, and gold are the same

ज्ञानयोगेनby/through the yoga of knowledge

शुद्धेनpure

ध्याननित्यःever engaged in meditation

बभूवbecame / was

हindeed (emphatic particle)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The core teaching is equanimity (samatva): one should remain inwardly steady amid praise and blame and view material objects—whether worthless or precious—as essentially equal. Such non-attachment purifies the mind and supports steady meditation through jñāna-yoga (discriminative knowledge).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa describes the spiritual maturation of a person (the subject implied by context): he attains impartiality toward social approval/disapproval and toward possessions, becomes purified by the yoga of knowledge, and settles into continual meditation—marking a shift from worldly valuation to contemplative stability.