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Shloka 13

Yoga, Nārāyaṇa as Supreme Principle, and the Emanation of Categories

Sāṅkhya-Yoga Outline

अहिरेव हाहे: पादान्‌ पश्यतीति हि नः श्रुतम्‌ तद्वन्मूर्तिषु मूर्तिस्थं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानेन पश्यति,हमने सुना है कि सर्पके पैरोंको सर्प ही पहचानता है, उसी प्रकार मनुष्य समस्त शरीरोंमें शरीरस्थ ज्ञेयस्वरूप आत्माको ज्ञानके द्वारा ही जान सकता है

ahir eva hāheḥ pādān paśyatīti hi naḥ śrutam | tadvan mūrtiṣu mūrtisthaṃ jñeyaṃ jñānena paśyati ||

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า—“เราได้ยินมาว่า มีแต่พญานาคเท่านั้นที่รู้จักเท้าของพญานาค. ฉันใดก็ฉันนั้น ในสรรพรูปอันมีร่างกาย อาตมันผู้พึงรู้ซึ่งสถิตในกาย ย่อมถูกรับรู้ได้ด้วยญาณแท้เท่านั้น.”

अहिःsnake
अहिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवonly/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अहेःof the snake
अहेः:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअहि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पादान्feet
पादान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपाद
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पश्यतिsees/recognizes
पश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
हिindeed/for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
नःof us/our
नः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Form—, Genitive, Plural
श्रुतम्heard
श्रुतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormPast passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
तद्वत्likewise/in that manner
तद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्वत्
मूर्तिषुin bodies/forms
मूर्तिषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्ति
FormFeminine, Locative, Plural
मूर्तिस्थम्situated in the body
मूर्तिस्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमूर्तिस्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ज्ञेयम्the knowable (object of knowledge)
ज्ञेयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञेय
FormGerundive (तव्य/यत्-class; here -य), Neuter, Accusative, Singular
ज्ञानेनby knowledge
ज्ञानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
पश्यतिsees/realizes
पश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
S
serpent (ahi)

Educational Q&A

The indwelling Self (ātman), though present in every body, is not grasped by the senses or external observation; it is realized only through jñāna—disciplined insight and discriminative knowledge.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhishma teaches Yudhiṣṭhira using an analogy: just as a serpent alone can recognize the serpent’s (hidden/imperceptible) feet, only knowledge enables one to recognize the subtle Self within embodied beings.