Shloka 35

अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः

Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind

Devanagari script

अदुष्ट॑ वर्तमाने तु हृदयान्तरपूरुषे । तेनैव देवा: प्रीयन्ते सतां मार्गस्थितेन वै

Transliteration

aduṣṭa-vartamāne tu hṛdayāntara-pūruṣe | tenaiva devāḥ prīyante satāṁ mārga-sthitena vai ||

Translation

当居于心穴之中的内在人（内在主宰之我）远离过失与恶意而安住时，能证悟祂的人，应当被知为立于善人之道。正因这内在的清净与正直的安住，诸天便生欢喜。

Word by Word

• अदुष्टे: when (he/it is) faultless, untainted
• अदुष्टे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अदुष्ट
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• वर्तमाने: being present/abiding
• वर्तमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान (वृत् धातु, शानच्)
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• हृदय-अन्तर-पुरुषे: in the inner person within the heart (the indwelling self)
• हृदय-अन्तर-पुरुषे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय + अन्तर + पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तेन: by that/through that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed/alone/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रीयन्ते: are pleased
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (प्रीयते)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• सताम्: of the good/virtuous
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• मार्ग-स्थितेन: by one who is established on the path (right path)
• मार्ग-स्थितेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मार्ग + स्थित (स्था धातु, क्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• हंस (Haṃsa)
• हृदयान्तर्पुरुष (inner Person/Self in the heart)
• देवाः (the gods)
• सताम् (the good/virtuous)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that true righteousness is grounded in inner purity: when the indwelling Self in the heart is approached without दोष (fault, malice, corrupt intent), the seeker becomes established on the path of the good, and this very state of purity and right-standing pleases the gods.

What is happening in the narrative?

Haṃsa is instructing about the inner spiritual criterion of a 'good path': not merely external acts, but the faultless, purified orientation toward the inner Self (the heart-dwelling Puruṣa). The statement links inner realization and ethical steadiness with divine approval.