Shloka 213

Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga

Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

तथा प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य नित्यतृप्ति: सुखोदया । जैसे सब प्रकारके रसोंसे तृप्त हुआ मनुष्य किसी भी रसका अभिनन्दन नहीं करता, उसी प्रकार जो ज्ञानानन्दसे परितृप्त है, उसे अक्षय सुख देनेवाली नित्य तृप्ति बनी रहती है

Transliteration

tathā prajñāna-tṛptasya nitya-tṛptiḥ sukhodayā |

Translation

तथा प्रज्ञानतृप्तस्य नित्यतृप्तिः सुखोदया । यथा सर्वरसैस्तृप्तो न कञ्चिद्रसमिच्छति । तथा ज्ञानानन्दतृप्तस्य क्षयहीनं सुखं भवेत् ॥

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: of one satisfied with (spiritual) knowledge
• प्रज्ञान-तृप्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञानतृप्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नित्य-तृप्तिः: constant contentment
• नित्य-तृप्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्यतृप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• सुख-उदया: bringing forth happiness; source of happiness
• सुख-उदया: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखोदय
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चुलाधार (Chūlādhāra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True and lasting happiness arises from fulfillment in wisdom (prajñāna). When one is inwardly satisfied by knowledge, craving for external pleasures fades, and a steady, inexhaustible contentment remains.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional dialogue, Chūlādhāra is explaining an ethical-spiritual principle: the person established in wisdom becomes naturally content, like someone already satiated by all tastes, and therefore no longer seeks validation or pleasure from particular sense-objects.