Shloka 30
Devanagari script
यदा त्वेष गुणानेतान् प्राकृतानभिमन्यते । तदा स गुणहान्यै त॑ परमेवानुपश्यति
Transliteration
yadā tveṣa guṇān etān prākṛtān abhimanyate | tadā sa guṇahānyai taṁ paramevānupaśyati ||
Translation
婆悉吒说道：“当此个我将这些诸德视为普拉克里蒂（Prakṛti）之产物，并于其中舍弃‘我’与‘我所’之念时，则因对诸德之认同止息，唯见至上者。抛却于身等处的我见妄想，便证得自身清净、至高之本性。”
Word by Word
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
Formtemporal adverb
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
Formparticle
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
गुणान्qualities (gunas)
गुणान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
एतान्these
एतान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
प्राकृतान्belonging to Prakriti/natural
प्राकृतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राकृत
Formmasculine, accusative, plural
अभिमन्यतेthinks/considers (as his own)
अभिमन्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि√मन्
Formpresent, 3rd person, singular, Ātmanepada
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
Formtemporal adverb
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
गुणहान्यैfor the loss/cessation of the gunas
गुणहान्यै:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootगुणहानि
Formfeminine, dative, singular
तत्that (state/goal)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
परमेवthe supreme itself/indeed the highest
परमेव:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम + एव
Formneuter, accusative, singular (used adverbially/intensively with एव)
अनुपश्यतिperceives/realizes
अनुपश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√पश्
Formpresent, 3rd person, singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)ग
गुण (guṇas)प
प्रकृति (Prakṛti)प
परम (the Supreme/Paramātman)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Liberation arises when one recognizes the guṇas as merely Prakṛti’s workings and drops egoic ownership of them; with guṇa-identification ended, one directly realizes the Supreme and one’s own pure nature beyond body and mind.
Vasiṣṭha is instructing about inner renunciation and discernment: the seeker shifts from identifying with material qualities and bodily self-notions to witnessing them as Prakṛti, culminating in realization of the highest Self (Paramātman).