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Shloka 24

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

स्नेहेन तिलवत्‌ सर्व सर्गचक्रे निपीड्यते । तिलपीडैरिवाक्रम्य क्लेशैरज्ञानसम्भवै:,तेलीलोग तेलके लिये जैसे तिलोंको कोल्हूमें पेरते हैं, उसी प्रकार स्नेहके कारण सब लोग अज्ञानजनित क्लेशोंद्वारा सृष्टिचक्रमें पिस रहे हैं

snehena tilavat sarva-sarga-cakre nipīḍyate | tila-pīḍair ivākramya kleśair ajñāna-sambhavaiḥ ||

พราหมณ์กล่าวว่า “ด้วยความยึดติด สรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวงถูกบดขยี้อยู่ในกงล้อแห่งการเกิดดับ ดุจเมล็ดงาในเครื่องหีบน้ำมัน ถูกเหยียบย่ำและอัดคั้นด้วยทุกข์ที่เกิดจากอวิชชา จึงถูกโม่บดอยู่ในวัฏสงสารไม่รู้จบ”

स्नेहेनby attachment/affection
स्नेहेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तिलवत्like sesame (seeds)
तिलवत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतिलवत्
सर्वम्all, the whole
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सर्गचक्रेin the cycle of creation
सर्गचक्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्गचक्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
निपीड्यतेis pressed/crushed
निपीड्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootनिपीड्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
तिलपीडैःby sesame-pressers (oilmen)
तिलपीडैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतिलपीड
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
इवas/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आक्रम्यhaving trodden upon/overpowered
आक्रम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआक्रम्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
क्लेशैःby afflictions
क्लेशैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootक्लेश
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अज्ञानसम्भवैःarising from ignorance
अज्ञानसम्भवैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअज्ञानसम्भव
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa, speaker)
तिल (sesame seeds)
तिलपीड/कोल्हू (oil-press)

Educational Q&A

Attachment (sneha) binds beings to the cycle of worldly becoming (sarga-cakra) and makes them vulnerable to afflictions (kleśa) that arise from ignorance (ajñāna). The verse urges cultivating discernment and detachment to avoid being ‘ground down’ by saṃsāra.

A Brāhmaṇa speaker uses a vivid everyday image—sesame seeds being crushed in an oil-press—to explain how ordinary people, due to attachment, are repeatedly oppressed by ignorance-born sufferings within the ongoing cycle of existence.