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Shloka 55

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्या न जीर्य॑ति जीर्यत: । योडसौ प्राणान्तिको रोगस्तां तृष्णां त्यजत: सुखम्‌,खोटी बुद्धिवाले मनुष्योंके लिये जिसका त्याग करना कठिन है, जो मनुष्यके जीर्ण (वृद्ध) हो जानेपर भी स्वयं कभी जीर्ण नहीं होती, तथा जो प्राणोंके साथ जानेवाला रोग बनकर रहती है, उस तृष्णाको जो त्याग देता है, उसीको सुख मिलता है

yā dustyajā durmatibhir yā na jīryati jīryataḥ | yo ’sau prāṇāntiko rogās tāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham ||

దుర్బుద్ధులైనవారికి విడిచిపెట్టడం కష్టమైనది, మనిషి వృద్ధుడైనప్పటికీ తానే వృద్ధి చెందని (క్షీణించని)ది, ప్రాణాంతం వరకు వ్యాధిలా అంటుకుని ఉండేది—ఆ తృష్ణను ఎవడు త్యజిస్తాడో, వాడికే నిజమైన సుఖం లభిస్తుంది।

याwhich (she/that)
या:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दुस्त्यजाhard to abandon
दुस्त्यजा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुस्त्यज
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
दुर्मतिभिःby the foolish-minded
दुर्मतिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदुर्मति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Plural
याwhich
या:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जीर्यतिdecays, grows old
जीर्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootजॄ (जीर्यति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
जीर्यतःof one who is aging/decaying
जीर्यतः:
TypeKridanta
Rootजॄ (जीर्यति)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उदसौthat (aforementioned)
उदसौ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootउद् + असु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्राणान्तिकःending with life; life-taking
प्राणान्तिकः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राणान्तिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
रोगःdisease
रोगः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootरोग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
तृष्णाम्craving, thirst (desire)
तृष्णाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतृष्णा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
त्यजतःof one who abandons
त्यजतः:
TypeKridanta
Rootत्यज्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
सुखम्happiness
सुखम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसुख
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa speaker)
तृष्णा (craving/thirst)
रोग (disease)

Educational Q&A

Craving (tṛṣṇā) is portrayed as an affliction that persists throughout life and does not diminish with age; genuine happiness arises from relinquishing this insatiable desire through discernment and self-restraint.

Within the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, a Brāhmaṇa speaker offers a moral reflection: he characterizes tṛṣṇā as a life-long disease and declares that the person who abandons it alone attains sukha (well-being).