Shloka 26

अव्यक्त–प्रकृति–इन्द्रियविचारः

The Unmanifest, Prakṛtis, and the Sense-Complex

Devanagari script

विषयानश्रुते यस्तु न स भोक्ष्यत्यसंशयम्‌ । यस्तु भोगांस्त्यजेदात्मा स वै भोक्तुं व्यवस्यति

Transliteration

viṣayān aśrute yas tu na sa bhokṣyaty asaṁśayam | yas tu bhogāṁs tyajed ātmā sa vai bhoktuṁ vyavasyati ||

Translation

波罗娑罗说：“不背离诸根境者，必定不能品尝更高的安乐；而能以内在决断舍弃享受的人，方真正具足资格去体验那至上之喜。”

Word by Word

• विषयान्: sense-objects
• विषयान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अश्रुते: does not hear / does not heed
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative, Active

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भोक्ष्यति: will enjoy / will partake
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: Future (Simple Future), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative, Active

• असंशयम्: undoubtedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असंशय

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• त्यजेत्: should abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Optative, Active

• आत्मा: the self / a person
• आत्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• भोक्तुम्: to enjoy / to partake
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• व्यवस्यति: resolves / is determined
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + सि (धातु) (व्यवस्/व्यवस्य)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative, Active

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Attachment to sense-objects blocks the experience of higher spiritual bliss; deliberate renunciation and self-restraint make one fit to realize that supreme joy.

What is happening in the narrative?

In a didactic passage of the Śānti Parva, the sage Parāśara instructs on the path of inner peace: turning away from sensory indulgence and cultivating renunciation as a prerequisite for realizing the highest happiness.