Shloka 33

Adhyāya 222 — ब्रह्मस्थानप्राप्ति: मोक्षधर्मे समत्वव्रतम्

Attaining the Brahman-Station: The Vow of Equanimity in Mokṣadharma

Devanagari script

शक्र उवाच येनैषा लभ्यते प्रज्ञा येन शान्तिरवाप्यते । प्रत्रूहि तमुपायं मे सम्यक्‌ प्रह्माद पृच्छत:,इन्द्रने कहा--प्रह्नादजी! जिस उपायसे ऐसी बुद्धि और इस तरहकी शान्ति प्राप्त होती है, उसे पूछता हूँ। आप मुझे अच्छी तरह उसे बताइये

Transliteration

śakra uvāca: yenaiṣā labhyate prajñā yena śāntir avāpyate | prabrūhi tam upāyaṃ me samyak prahrādāt pṛcchataḥ ||

Translation

शक्र उवाच— येनैषा लभ्यते प्रज्ञा येन शान्तिरवाप्यते। प्रब्रूहि तमुपायं मे सम्यक् प्रह्लाद पृच्छतः॥

Word by Word

• {'śakraḥ': 'Śakra (Indra), lord of the gods', 'uvāca': 'said', 'yena': 'by which

• through what means', 'eṣā': 'this (referring to the wisdom/insight just mentioned)', 'labhyate': 'is obtained, is gained', 'prajñā': 'wisdom, discerning intelligence, right understanding', 'śāntiḥ': 'peace, tranquility, inner calm', 'avāpyate': 'is attained, is reached', 'prabrūhi': 'tell, declare, explain', 'upāyam': 'means, method, practical way', 'me': 'to me', 'samyak': 'properly, correctly, fully', 'prahrādāt': 'from Prahlāda

• addressed to Prahlāda (vocative sense in context)', 'pṛcchataḥ': 'of one who asks

Speaker

शक्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Prahlāda