Shloka 74

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

Devanagari script

तत्र वेदविद: प्राज्ञा गाम्भीयें सागरोपमा:

Transliteration

tatra vedavidaḥ prājñā gāmbhīrye sāgaropamāḥ

Translation

Там мудрецы — те, кто поистине знает Веды, — глубоки разумением, подобны океану по своей бездне.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there; in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• वेदविदः: knowers of the Veda
• वेदविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राज्ञाः: wise (men)
• प्राज्ञाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गाम्भीर्ये: in depth; in profundity
• गाम्भीर्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गाम्भीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सागरोपमाः: comparable to the ocean
• सागरोपमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सागर-उपम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Veda
• Ocean (sāgara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True Vedic knowledge is not mere recitation but mature discernment and inner depth; the genuinely wise are steady and vast in understanding, like the ocean.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śakra (Indra) is describing the character of authentic Veda-knowers, praising their profound, ocean-like depth—framing an ethical ideal of learned wisdom within the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma.