Shloka 73

Atithi-prāpti and the Brāhmaṇa’s Deliberation on Triadic Dharma (अतिथिप्राप्तिः धर्मत्रयविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

सप्तैते मानसा: प्रोक्ता ऋषयो ब्रह्मण: सुता: । स्वयमागततविज्ञाना निवृत्तिं धर्ममास्थिता:

Transliteration

saptaite mānasāḥ proktā ṛṣayo brahmaṇaḥ sutāḥ | svayam āgatavijñānā nivṛttiṁ dharmam āsthitāḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说道：“这七位被宣说为由心意所生的圣仙，是梵天之子。自发的智慧在他们之中升起；他们安住于出离之法（离欲之法），背离世间的奔逐，确立于内在的退藏与寂静。”

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मानसाः: mind-born
• मानसाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रोक्ताः: said/declared (to be)
• प्रोक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सुताः: sons
• सुताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्वयम्: by themselves
• स्वयम्: Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• आगत: having attained/come to
• आगत: Visheshana
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवत्/क्त) used adjectivally

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विज्ञानाः: those possessing knowledge/realization
• विज्ञानाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निवृत्तिम्: withdrawal/renunciation (path)
• निवृत्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थिताः: abiding in/established in
• आस्थिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past active participle (क्त)

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brahmā
• San
• Sanatsujāta
• Sanaka
• Sanandana
• Sanatkumāra
• Kapila
• Sanātana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse elevates the ideal of nivṛtti-dharma: sages who are inwardly withdrawn and established in renunciation, guided by self-arisen discriminative knowledge rather than by worldly aims.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana identifies a group of seven primordial sages as Brahmā’s mind-born sons and characterizes them as naturally enlightened beings devoted to the renunciant path.