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Shloka 111

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

द्वयक्षरादभिसंधाय केचिच्छलोकपदाड्कितै: । शतैरन्यै: सहसैश्न प्रत्ययो मोक्षलक्षणम्‌,कोई “तत्त्वम्‌” अथवा राम, कृष्ण, विष्णु, शिव आदि दो अक्षरोंसे ही परमात्मतत्त्वका ज्ञान प्राप्त कर लेते हैं। कोई श्लोक और पदोंसे अंकित अन्य सैकड़ों तथा सहस्ों शास्त्रवाक्योंसे परमात्माके स्वरूपको जानते हैं। जैसे भी हो, बोध ही मोक्षका लक्षण है

dvayakṣarād abhisandhāya kecic chloka-padāṅkitaiḥ | śatair anyaiḥ sahasraiś ca pratyayo mokṣa-lakṣaṇam ||

尤提士提罗说道:“有人专注于仅两音节的一句真言,便得知至上实相;也有人凭借成百上千、乃至数千条经教之句——标列于偈颂与词语之中——而明了至上者的体性。无论以何途径抵达,真正的觉悟——内心清明而坚固的确信——便是解脱之相。”

द्विtwo
द्वि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootद्वि
अक्षरात्from a syllable/letter
अक्षरात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षर
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
अभिसंधायhaving intended/aimed at
अभिसंधाय:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-सम्-धा
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada
केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootक-चित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
श्लोकby verses
श्लोक:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootश्लोक
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
पदby words/terms
पद:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपद
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
अङ्कितैःmarked/characterized (by)
अङ्कितैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअङ्कित
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
शतैःby hundreds
शतैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशत
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
अन्यैःby other (ones)
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
सहस्रैःby thousands
सहस्रैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रत्ययःconviction/knowledge
प्रत्ययः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रत्यय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
मोक्षof liberation
मोक्ष:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
लक्षणम्mark/characteristic
लक्षणम्:
TypeNoun
Rootलक्षण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

Liberation is characterized by pratyaya—clear, settled inner realization. The means may be brief (a two-syllabled sacred utterance) or extensive (many scriptural statements), but the decisive mark is awakening/conviction of truth.

Yudhiṣṭhira is reflecting on the ways people come to know the Supreme Reality. He contrasts concise contemplative supports with extensive scriptural study, concluding that the essential outcome is genuine realization, which is the hallmark of mokṣa.