Shloka 37

Sanatsujāta-Āhvāna (Summoning Sanatsujāta) — Vidura’s Invocation and Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Doubt

Devanagari script

योअन्यथा सन्तमात्मानमन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते । कि तेन न कृतं पापं चौरेणात्मापहारिणा,जो उक्त प्रकारसे वर्तमान आत्माको उसके विपरीत रूपसे समझता है, आत्माका अपहरण करनेवाले उस चोरने कौन-सा पाप नहीं किया?

Transliteration

yo 'nyathā santam ātmānam anyathā pratipadyate | kiṁ tena na kṛtaṁ pāpaṁ caureṇātmāpahāriṇā ||

Translation

ผู้ใดเข้าใจอาตมันซึ่งมีอยู่จริงให้ผิดไปจากสภาวะของมัน—โจรผู้ลักเอาอาตมันของตนเองผู้นั้น มีบาปใดเล่าที่มิได้กระทำ?

Word by Word

यःwho

अन्यथाotherwise, in a different way

सन्तम्existing, being (as it is)

आत्मानम्self

अन्यथाotherwise, differently

प्रतिपद्यतेunderstands/accepts/considers (as)

किम्what?

तेनby him/with that

नnot

कृतम्done, committed

पापम्sin, evil deed

चौरेणby the thief

आत्मापहारिणाby the self-stealer (one who steals the self)

Speaker

सनत्युजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

स

सनत्युजात (Sanatsujāta)

आ

आत्मा (Ātman/Self)

च

चोर (thief, metaphorical)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes