Shloka 316

Draupadī’s Instruction on Marital Conduct and Household Discipline (चित्तग्रहण-उपदेश)

Devanagari script

एक एवैष भगवान्‌ विज्ञेय: प्रथमो5जड्लिरा: ३१ ।।

Transliteration

eka evaiṣa bhagavān vijñeyaḥ prathamo 'ṅgirāḥ | bahudhā niḥsṛtaḥ kāyāj jyotiṣṭomaḥ kratur yathā ||

Translation

قال ماركانديَّا: «اعلم أن هذا الرب—أغني، الأول، ويُدعى أيضًا أنغيرا—هو في الحقيقة واحد. غير أنه كما تُبسط ذبيحة الجيوتيشْتُوما الواحدة في صور وتطبيقات شتى، كذلك انبثق مبدأ أغني الواحد من جسد براجابتي في تجليات متنوعة.»

Word by Word

• एकः: one (single)
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवान्: the blessed lord; venerable one
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विज्ञेयः: to be known; should be understood
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: तव्यत् (gerundive), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive sense

• प्रथमः: first; primordial
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अङ्गिराः: Angiras (name/epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहुधा: in many ways; manifoldly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• निःसृतः: gone forth; emerged
• Type: Verb
• Root: निः-सृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive/participial

• कायात्: from the body
• कायात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• ज्योतिष्टोमः: the Jyotiṣṭoma (soma-sacrifice)
• ज्योतिष्टोमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिष्टोम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रतुः: sacrifice; rite
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• Agni
• Aṅgirā (epithet/name)
• Jyotiṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• Kratu (sacrificial rite)
• Prajāpati