Shloka 29

प्रजाविसर्ग-तत्त्वनिर्णयः | Cosmogony of Elemental Emergence

Bharadvāja–Bhṛgu Dialogue

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ सत्यव्रताचार: सत्ययोगपरायण: । सत्यागम: सदा दान्तः सत्येनैवान्तकं॑ जयेत्‌

Transliteration

tasmāt satyavrata-ācāraḥ satya-yoga-parāyaṇaḥ | satyāgamaḥ sadā dāntaḥ satyenaivāntakaṁ jayet ||

Translation

因此，毗湿摩说：“当以真实之誓与真实之行而住，专志于真实之修持。以诸论典（śāstra）之教为真，恒常自制，摄心调根。如此，唯凭真谛，人方能战胜安多迦（Antaka）——死亡。”

Word by Word

• {'tasmāt': 'therefore

• for that reason', 'satya': 'truth

• truthfulness', 'vrata': 'vow

• sacred resolve', 'ācāra': 'conduct

• disciplined practice', 'satyavrata-ācāraḥ': 'one whose conduct is grounded in the vow of truth', 'yoga': 'discipline

• integration', 'satya-yoga-parāyaṇaḥ': 'one devoted to the yoga/discipline of truth', 'āgama': 'authoritative teaching

• tradition', 'satyāgamaḥ': 'one who accepts scripture/teaching as true

• one grounded in true authority', 'sadā': 'always', 'dāntaḥ': 'self-controlled

• restrained (of senses and mind)', 'satyena eva': 'by truth alone', 'antakam': 'Antaka, the Ender

• Death (personified)', 'jayet': 'should conquer

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Antaka (Death)