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Shloka 12

Cāturhotra as Inner Sacrifice (Yoga-Yajña) and Nārāyaṇa Recitation

मनसा गम्यते यच्च यच्च वाचा निगद्यते | श्रोत्रेण श्रूयते यच्च चक्षुषा यच्च दृश्यते

manasā gamyate yac ca yac ca vācā nigadyate | śrotreṇa śrūyate yac ca cakṣuṣā yac ca dṛśyate

Vị Bà-la-môn nói: Bất cứ điều gì được tâm nắm bắt, bất cứ điều gì được lời nói thốt ra, bất cứ điều gì tai nghe, và bất cứ điều gì mắt thấy—đó là những cõi mà kinh nghiệm của con người vận hành, và chúng trở thành nền tảng cho sự phán đoán và hành vi.

मनसाby the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
गम्यतेis reached/known
गम्यते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वाचाby speech
वाचा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
निगद्यतेis uttered/said
निगद्यते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootनि-गद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive
श्रोत्रेणby the ear
श्रोत्रेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
श्रूयतेis heard
श्रूयते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
चक्षुषाby the eye
चक्षुषा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootचक्षुस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दृश्यतेis seen
दृश्यते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa speaker)
मनस् (mind)
वाक् (speech)
श्रोत्र (ear/hearing)
चक्षुस् (eye/sight)

Educational Q&A

It enumerates the main channels of human knowing—mind, speech, hearing, and sight—implying that ethical discernment depends on how these faculties are governed and how their contents are interpreted.

A Brāhmaṇa speaker is explaining, in a reflective or instructive context, the scope of what humans cognize and communicate—setting up a discussion about perception, judgment, and the moral consequences of mental and sensory engagement.