Shloka 32

Devanagari script

“जो मेरे साथ संयुक्त होकर मेरी समानता करने लगी है, ऐसी इस प्रकृतिके साथ मैं मूर्खतावश सहवास कैसे कर सकता हूँ? यह लो, अब मैं स्थिर हो रहा हूँ ।। सहवासं न यास्यामि कालमेतद्धि वज्चनात्‌ । वज्चितो<स्म्यनया यद्धि निर्विकारो विकारया,“मैं निर्विकार होकर भी इस विकारमयी प्रकृतिके द्वारा ठगा गया। इतने समयतक इसने मेरे साथ ठगी की है। इसलिये अब इसके साथ नहीं रहूँगा

Transliteration

sahavāsaṃ na yāsyāmi kālam etad dhi vañcanāt | vañcito 'smy anayā yad dhi nirvikāro vikārayā ||

Translation

婆悉吒说道：“我不再与她结为同伴；因为这漫长的时日不过是一场欺诳。虽我本性不变，却被这变幻无常的原质（Prakṛti）所迷惑。故我不再与她同住；看吧，如今我已安住于定，坚稳不动。”

Word by Word

सहवासम्cohabitation, living together

नnot

यास्यामिI shall go / I shall resort (to)

कालम्time, period

एतत्this

हिindeed, for

वञ्चनात्from deception; due to deception

वञ्चितःdeceived, cheated

अस्मिI am

अनयाby this (woman/this one)

यत्since/that (introducing reason)

हिindeed, for

निर्विकारःunchanging, without modification

विकारयाby the changeful one; by modification (nature)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

प

प्रकृति (Prakṛti)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses discernment between the changeless Self (nirvikāra) and changeful Nature (vikāra/Prakṛti). Liberation-oriented ethics here is the resolve to withdraw identification and ‘companionship’ with Prakṛti’s modifications—seeing them as deceptive when mistaken for the Self.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha declares a turning point: recognizing that Prakṛti has long ‘deceived’ him through its transformations, he resolves to end association with it and become steady—i.e., to abide in the unmodified state rather than be carried by changing conditions.