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Shloka 12

Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्

एष चेष्टयते सम्यक्‌ प्राणिन: सम्यगायतः: । असम्यगायतो भूयश्चनेष्टते विकृतं नूषु

eṣa ceṣṭayate samyak prāṇinaḥ samyag-āyataḥ | asamyag-āyato bhūyaś ceṣṭate vikṛtaṃ nṛṣu ||

நாரதர் கூறினார்—இந்த உயிர்தத்துவம் உடலில் முறையாகப் பரவி சமநிலையுடன் செயல்பட்டால், எல்லா உயிர்களையும் ஒழுங்கான செயல்களில் ஈடுபடச் செய்கிறது; ஆனால் அது முறையாக இயங்காவிட்டால், மனிதர்களில் விகாரமான செயற்பாடுகளையும் உடல் கோளாறுகளையும் மீண்டும் உண்டாக்குகிறது.

एषःthis (one/thing)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
इष्टयतेacts/operates; makes effort
इष्टयते:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्टय् (इष्टयते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada
सम्यक्properly, correctly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
प्राणिनःliving beings
प्राणिनः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणिन्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक्
आयतःextended/spread; functioning in full measure
आयतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआयत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असम्यक्improperly, incorrectly
असम्यक्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसम्यक्
आयतःextended/spread; functioning
आयतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआयत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भूयःagain; moreover; rather
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
नेष्टतेdoes not act/operate
नेष्टते:
TypeVerb
Rootइष्टय् (इष्टयते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Ātmanepada, Negative (na + iṣṭyate)
विकृतम्distortion, disorder, abnormality
विकृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविकृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
नुindeed/now (emphatic particle)
नु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनु
उषुquickly/at once (particle; Vedic/epic usage)
उषु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउषु

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
P
prāṇa (life-breath/vital force)

Educational Q&A

Rightly regulated prāṇa (vital force) sustains orderly action and well-being; when prāṇa becomes imbalanced or improperly directed, it produces disorder—both as bodily विकृति (abnormality) and as distorted activity—implying an ethical need for self-regulation and balance.

In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, Nārada explains a principle of embodied life: the properly functioning life-breath animates all beings, while its improper functioning leads to dysfunction and disturbance in humans.