Shloka 5

Vidyā–Avidyā and the Twenty-Fifth Principle

Sāṃkhya–Yoga Clarification

Devanagari script

रागद्वेषाभिभूतं च नरं द्रव्यवशानुगम्‌ । मोहजाता रतिराम समुपैति नराधिप,नरेश्वर! राग और द्वेषके वशीभूत होकर जब मनुष्य द्रव्यमें आसक्त हो जाता है, तब मोहकी कन्या रति उसके पास आ जाती है

Transliteration

rāgadveṣābhibhūtaṃ ca naraṃ dravyavaśānugam | mohajātā ratir āma samupaiti narādhipa ||

Translation

रागद्वेषाभिभूतं च नरं द्रव्यवशानुगम् । मोहजाता रतिरासं समुपैति नराधिप ॥

Word by Word

रागद्वेषाभिभूतम्overpowered by passion and hatred

चand

नरम्a man

द्रव्यवशानुगम्following the sway of wealth; subservient to riches

मोहजाताborn of delusion

रतिःRati (desire/pleasure; personified)

आम्indeed (emphatic particle)

समुपैतिapproaches; comes near

नराधिपO king; lord of men

नरेश्वरO ruler of men

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Parāśara

Narādhipa (the king addressed)

Rati (personified)

Moha (delusion, personified as progenitor)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes