Shloka 4

सूक्ष्मभूत-भूतात्मविज्ञानम्

Knowing the subtle principle and the bhūtātman through yoga

Devanagari script

तत्‌ भवानेवमभ्यस्थ वर्ततां श्रूयतां तथा । एक एव चरेद्‌ धर्म सिद्धयर्थमसहायवान्‌

Transliteration

tat bhavānevam abhyasya vartatāṃ śrūyatāṃ tathā | eka eva cared dharma-siddhyartham asahāyavān ||

Translation

毗耶娑说：“既已如此修习，便当依之而行；且再听我说。为求证得灵性成就，当独自奉行出离之法（遁世之法），不携任何同伴。”

Word by Word

• तत्: that (instruction/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• अभ्यस्थ: practice, apply yourself (to it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-स्था
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वर्तताम्: let it be followed / let (one) conduct oneself
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• श्रूयताम्: let it be heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• तथा: so, likewise, accordingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एकः: alone, single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• चरेत्: should practice/should live/should conduct oneself
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Optative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मम्: dharma, rule of conduct
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सिद्धि-अर्थम्: for the sake of attainment (siddhi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि + अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• असहायवान्: without a companion, unaided
• असहायवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असहायवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Renunciant discipline must be internalized through practice and then lived out; for spiritual attainment (siddhi), the sannyāsin should observe the dharma of renunciation in solitude, without relying on companions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa continues instructing the listener on the rules and ethos of saṃnyāsa: first to practice and embody the teaching, and then to pursue the renunciant path alone as a means to spiritual accomplishment.