Shloka 3

Adhyātma-krama: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman Hierarchy and Citta-Prasāda (आध्यात्मक्रमः)

Devanagari script

तत्र वेदविधि: स स्याज्ज्ञानं चेत्‌ पुरुष प्रति । उपपच्त्युपलब्धिभ्यां वर्णयिष्यामि तच्छुणु,उपर्युक्त संशय होनेपर यह कहा जाता है कि यदि वह पुरुषके लिये वैदिक विधानके अनुसार कर्त्तव्य हो तो ज्ञानजन्य है, अन्यथा स्वाभाविक है। मैं युक्ति और फल-प्राप्तिके सहित इस विषयका वर्णन करूँगा, तुम उसे सुनो

Transliteration

tatra vedavidhiḥ sa syāj jñānaṃ cet puruṣa prati | upapatt yupalabdhībhyāṃ varṇayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu ||

Translation

ویاس نے کہا: “اس باب میں کہا جاتا ہے کہ اگر وہ کسی شخص کے لیے علم پر قائم ہو تو وہ ویدی حکم (وید کے مطابق واجب) بن جاتا ہے؛ ورنہ وہ محض طبعی امر ہے۔ میں دلیل اور حاصل ہونے والے نتیجے کے حوالے سے اسے بیان کروں گا—سنو۔”

Word by Word

• {'tatra': 'there

• with regard to that topic', 'veda-vidhiḥ': 'Vedic rule

• scriptural injunction', 'saḥ syāt': 'it would be

• it becomes', 'jñānam': 'knowledge

• true understanding', 'cet': 'if', 'puruṣa prati': 'toward/for a person

• with respect to an individual', 'upapatti': 'reasoned justification

• logical demonstration', 'upalabdhi': 'direct apprehension

• attainment', 'ubhayābhyām': 'by both (means)', 'varṇayiṣyāmi': 'I will describe

• I will explain', 'tat': 'that (teaching/topic)', 'śṛṇu': 'listen'}

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vyāsa distinguishes between conduct that is a binding Vedic injunction for a person (when it is supported by true knowledge) and conduct that is merely natural or spontaneous. He promises to clarify the issue using both rational argument (upapatti) and experiential/result-based confirmation (upalabdhi).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa addresses a doubt about what should be regarded as obligatory (scripturally enjoined) versus what is simply natural disposition. He introduces his method: explanation through reasoning and through the outcomes/attainments that follow.