Shloka 23

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

Devanagari script

शब्दरूपरसस्पर्शान्‌ सह गन्धेन केवलान्‌ । नात्यर्थमुपसेवेत श्रेयसो$र्थी कथंचन

Transliteration

śabda-rūpa-rasa-sparśān saha gandhena kevalān | nātyartham upaseveta śreyaso'rthī kathaṃcana ||

Translation

Нарада сказал: Тот, кто ищет истинного блага, не должен чрезмерно предаваться одним лишь предметам чувств — звуку, осязанию, образу, вкусу и запаху. Для стремящегося к высшему благу воздержание от излишних наслаждений само по себе служит охраной нравственного и духовного продвижения.

Word by Word

• शब्द: sounds (sense-object)
• शब्द: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• रूप: forms (visible objects)
• रूप: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• रस: tastes
• रस: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• स्पर्शान्: touches (tactile objects)
• स्पर्शान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• गन्धेन: with smell
• गन्धेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• केवलान्: mere/only (as such)
• केवलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अत्यर्थम्: excessively
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यर्थम्

• उपसेवेत: should resort to/indulge in
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-सेव्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• श्रेयसः: of the good/supreme welfare
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अर्थी: one who seeks/desires
• अर्थी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada