Tattvabodha - Verse 1.3

Sanskrit

शमादिसाधनसम्पत्तिः का ? शमो दम उपरमस्तितिक्षा श्रद्धा समाधानं च इति ।शमः कः ? मनोनिग्रहः । दमः कः ? चक्षुरादिबाह्येन्द्रियनिग्रहः । उपरमः कः ? स्वधर्मानुष्ठानमेव । तितिक्षा का ? शीतोष्णसुखदुःखादिसहिष्णुत्वम् । श्रद्धा कीदृशी ? गुरुवेदान्तवाक्यादिषु विश्वासः श्रद्धा । समाधानं किम् ? चित्तैकाग्रता ।

Transliteration

śamādisādhanasampattiḥ kā ? śamo dama uparamastitikṣā śraddhā samādhānaṃ ca iti .samaḥ kah? mano nigrahaḥ| damaḥ kah? cakṣurādibāhyendriyanigrahaḥ . uparamaḥ kah? svadharmānuṣṭhānameva . titikṣā kā?śītoṣṇasukhaduḥkhādisahiṣṇutvam . śraddhā kīdṛśī ? guruvedāntavākyādiṣu viśvāsaḥ śraddhā . samādhānaṃ kim ? cittaikāgratā .

Translation

What is the wealth of means beginning with Shama? It consists of Shama (calmness), Dama (self-control), Uparama (withdrawal), Titiksha (forbearance), Shraddha (faith), and Samadhana (concentration). Shama is mastery over the mind. Dama is mastery over external senses like the eyes, etc. Uparama is the strict observance of one’s own duty. Titiksha is the endurance of opposites like heat and cold, or pleasure and pain. Shraddha is faith in the words of the Guru and the Upanishads (Vedanta). Samadhana is the single-pointedness of the mind.

Word-for-Word

śama-ādi-sādhana-sampattiḥ (wealth of means beginning with Shama) (what is it?); śamaḥ (calmness), damaḥ (restraint), uparamaḥ (withdrawal), titikṣā (forbearance), śraddhā (faith), samādhānaṃ (concentration) ca iti (and thus). śamaḥ kaḥ (what is Shama?): mano-nigrahaḥ (control of the mind). damaḥ kaḥ (what is Dama?): cakṣu-ādi-bāhya-indriya-nigrahaḥ (control of external senses like eyes etc.). uparamaḥ kaḥ (what is Uparama?): svadharma-anuṣṭhānam-eva (performance of one’s own duty alone). titikṣā kā (what is Titiksha?): śīta-uṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-ādi-sahiṣṇutvam (endurance of heat, cold, pleasure, pain, etc.). śraddhā kīdṛśī (what kind is Shraddha?): guru-vedānta-vākya-ādiṣu (in the words of the Guru and Vedanta) viśvāsaḥ (faith/trust). samādhānaṃ kim (what is Samadhana?): citta-aikāgratā (single-pointedness of the mind).


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