Shloka 8

आत्मदर्शन-उपदेशः (Ātma-darśana Upadeśa) — Mind, Senses, and the All-pervading Self

Devanagari script

कृष्णद्वैपायन व्यासं पुत्रो वैयासकि: शुक:ः । पप्रच्छ संदेहमिमं छिन्नधर्मार्थसंशयम्‌

Transliteration

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsaṃ putro vaiyāsakiḥ śukaḥ | papraccha saṃdeham imaṃ chinnadharmārthasaṃśayam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Śuka, con của Vyāsa—tức Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana—đã đến gần phụ thân và thưa hỏi về mối nghi này, mong được giải quyết rành rẽ những băn khoăn của mình về dharma và artha. Đã tinh thông các Veda cùng các bộ phận phụ trợ và Upaniṣad, Śuka muốn hiểu nạiṣṭhika-karma, nếp hành trì kiên định; và ông tin rằng lời dạy của cha sẽ xua tan mọi rối bời về đạo lý và lẽ thực dụng.

Word by Word

• कृष्णद्वैपायनम्: Krishna-Dvaipayana (Vyasa)
• कृष्णद्वैपायनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णद्वैपायन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यासम्: Vyasa
• व्यासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वैयासकिः: Vyaiyāsaki (son of Vyasa)
• वैयासकिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैयासकि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शुकः: Śuka
• शुकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पप्रच्छ: asked
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सन्देहम्: doubt
• सन्देहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• छिन्नधर्मार्थसंशयम्: whose doubts about dharma and artha are cut/removed
• छिन्नधर्मार्थसंशयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्नधर्मार्थसंशय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa
• Shuka (Shukadeva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after extensive scriptural study, clarity in dharma and artha often requires humble inquiry and guidance from a competent teacher; ethical certainty is presented as something to be ‘cut through’ by right instruction, not merely accumulated learning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma introduces a frame-story: Shuka, having studied the Vedas and Upanishads, approaches his father Vyasa and asks him to resolve his doubts about right conduct (dharma) and practical aims (artha), confident that Vyasa’s counsel will remove his uncertainty.