Shloka 19

Primordial Creation: From Brahman to the Cosmic Egg

Devanagari script

एकादशं मनश्चात्र कीर्तितं तत्त्वचिंतकैः । ज्ञानेंद्रियाणि पंचात्र पंचकर्मेंद्रियाणि च

Transliteration

ekādaśaṃ manaścātra kīrtitaṃ tattvaciṃtakaiḥ | jñāneṃdriyāṇi paṃcātra paṃcakarmeṃdriyāṇi ca

Translation

وهنا يُعلَنُ العقلُ (manas) على أنّه الحاديَ عشرَ عند المتأمّلين في الحقيقة؛ وهنا أيضًا الحواسُّ الخمسُ للمعرفة، والحواسُّ الخمسُ للعمل.

Word by Word

• ekādaśam: eleven (as a set)
• ekādaśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• manaḥ: mind
• manaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: here)

• kīrtitam: is declared/has been stated
• kīrtitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kīrtita (कृदन्त; √kīrt/√kīrti? from √kīrtay/कीर्तय्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (PPP, neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; predicate)

• tattva-ciṃtakaiḥ: by the thinkers of reality
• tattva-ciṃtakaiḥ: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + ciṃtaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘तत्त्वस्य चिन्तकाः’ (masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• jñāna-indriyāṇi: sense-organs of knowledge
• jñāna-indriyāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘ज्ञानस्य इन्द्रियाणि’ (neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)

• pañca: five
• pañca: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (संख्याशब्द; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; बहुवचनार्थे विशेषणम् (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)

• pañca-karma-indriyāṇi: five organs of action
• pañca-karma-indriyāṇi: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या) + karma (प्रातिपदिक) + indriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘कर्मेन्द्रियाणि’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः, ‘पञ्च’ इति संख्याविशेषणम् (neuter, Nom/Acc, Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial/expository voice in this excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: manaś cātra = manaḥ + ca + atra; jñāneṃdriyāṇi = jñāna + indriyāṇi; paṃcātra = pañca + atra; paṃcakarmeṃdriyāṇi = pañca + karma + indriyāṇi.

FAQs

What are the five jñānendriyas referred to in this verse?

They are the faculties of hearing (śrotra), touch (tvak), sight (cakṣus), taste (rasana), and smell (ghrāṇa).

What are the five karmendriyas referred to in this verse?

They are the faculties of speech (vāk), grasping (pāṇi), locomotion (pāda), excretion (pāyu), and procreation (upastha).

Why is the mind called the eleventh here?

Because it is counted alongside the ten indriyas (five of knowledge and five of action), functioning as the internal coordinator that connects, processes, and directs them.