Shloka 17

Prahlāda–Indra Saṃvāda: Kartṛtva (Agency) and Svabhāva (Nature) in the Causation of Karma

Devanagari script

ज्ञानदग्धपरिक्लेश: प्रयोगरतिरात्मवान्‌ | निष्प्रचारेण मनसा परं तदधिगच्छति

Transliteration

jñānadagdha-parikleśaḥ prayoga-ratir ātmavān | niṣpracāreṇa manasā paraṃ tad adhigacchati ||

Translation

بھیشم نے کہا—جس کے تمام کَلیش سچے علم کی آگ سے جل چکے ہوں، جو یوگ کی منضبط سادھنا میں لذت پاتا ہو اور خود پر قابو رکھنے والا ہو—وہ ایسا ذہن جو بیرونی بھٹکاؤ سے ہٹا ہوا ہو، اسی کے ذریعے اس پرم حقیقت کو پا لیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• ज्ञानदग्धपरिक्लेशः: one whose afflictions are burnt by knowledge
• ज्ञानदग्धपरिक्लेशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान-दग्ध-परिक्लेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रयोगरतिः: delighting in practice (yoga/discipline)
• प्रयोगरतिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयोग-रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आत्मवान्: self-possessed; self-controlled
• आत्मवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निष्प्रचारेण: with (a mind) without outward movement
• निष्प्रचारेण: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्प्रचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मनसा: by the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• परम्: the supreme (reality)
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अधिगच्छति: attains; reaches; realizes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• param (Supreme Brahman/Paramātman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberating knowledge, coupled with steady yogic discipline and a mind withdrawn from distractions, destroys inner suffering and leads to realization of the Supreme (Brahman/Paramātman).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the path to peace after the war; here he describes the inner qualities of a practitioner whose knowledge and disciplined meditation culminate in attaining the Supreme Reality.