Shloka 37

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

आदावेव हि तच्छास्त्रमोंकारस्वरपूजितम्‌ । ऋषिभ: श्रावितं यत्र तत्र कारुणिको हासौ

Transliteration

ādāveva hi tacchāstram oṃkārasvarapūjitam | ṛṣibhiḥ śrāvitaṃ yatra tatra kāruṇiko hāsau ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: «منذ البدء، يُكرَّم ذلك التعليم المقدّس بصوت “أوم”. وهو المذهب الذي جعل الرِّشيّون أنفسهم سماعه ممكنًا؛ وحيثما يُعلَّم ويُتلقّى على هذا النحو، تنشأ فرحةٌ رقيقةٌ مشوبةٌ بالرحمة.»

Word by Word

• आदौ: in the beginning
• आदौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि
• Form: Avyaya (locative sense: 'in the beginning')

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphasis)

• हि: for/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि
• Form: Avyaya (causal/emphatic particle)

• तत्: that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• शास्त्रम्: treatise/teaching
• शास्त्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• ओंकार-स्वर-पूजितम्: honoured with the sound of Om
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूजित (√पूज्)
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular (agreeing with शास्त्रम्); past passive participle

• ऋषिभिः: by sages
• ऋषिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, instrumental, plural

• श्रावितम्: caused to be heard/recited
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रावित (√श्रु, causative √श्रावय्)
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular; past passive participle

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र
• Form: Avyaya (relative adverb of place)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र
• Form: Avyaya (correlative adverb of place)

• कारुणिकः: compassionate
• कारुणिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कारुणिक
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• हासः: laughter/smile
• हासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हास
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Oṃ (Oṃkāra)
• Ṛṣis