Shloka 23

Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga

Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः केचित्‌ परं पार तितीर्षव:

Transliteration

jñāna-vijñāninaḥ kecit paraṃ pāraṃ titīrṣavaḥ bhava-sāgara-pāre uttaraṇe icchāvantaḥ; te jñāna-vijñāna-sampannā mahātmānaḥ puruṣāḥ atyanta-pavitraiḥ puṇyātmabhiḥ sevitaṃ puṇya-dāyakaṃ brahma-lokaṃ prāpnuvanti; tatra gatvā na śocanti, na ca tataḥ adho nipatanti, na ca manasi kasyacit prakārasya vyathām anubhavanti.

Translation

丘罗陀罗说道：在具足真知与证悟之辨慧者中，唯有少数人——志在越过“有”之大海，抵达彼岸——得至梵天界（Brahmaloka）。那是至极清净之境，由圣者与贤德之人奉事而更显吉祥。既至其处，便无忧悲，不复堕入下界，心中亦不受任何苦恼逼迫。

Word by Word

• ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः: possessed of knowledge and realization
• ज्ञानविज्ञानिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानविज्ञानिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• केचित्: some (certain persons)
• केचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क-चित्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परम्: the further/other (shore)
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• पारम्: the far shore
• पारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तितीर्षवः: desiring to cross
• तितीर्षवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तितीर्षु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चुलाधार (Chuladhara)
• ब्रह्मलोक (Brahmaloka)
• भवसागर (ocean of saṃsāra)