Shloka 2

Supremacy of Hari-Bhakti in Kali-yuga; Warnings on Sensual Attachment; Praise of Brāhmaṇas, Purāṇa-Listening, and Gaṅgā

Devanagari script

समाश्वास्य मुनीन्सर्वान्जगाम च यथागतम् । भवद्भ्यस्तु मया प्रोक्तं वर्णाश्रमविधानकम्

Transliteration

samāśvāsya munīnsarvānjagāma ca yathāgatam | bhavadbhyastu mayā proktaṃ varṇāśramavidhānakam

Translation

وبعد أن طيّب قلوب جميع الحكماء، مضى راجعاً كما جاء. وأما أنا فقد بيّنت لكم التشريع المتعلّق بتنظيم الفَرْنَات (varṇa) والآشرَمات (āśrama).

Word by Word

• samāśvāsya: having comforted
• samāśvāsya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-ā-√śvas (धातु) + lyap (कृदन्त)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय), ‘having consoled/encouraged’

• munīn: sages
• munīn: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2 विभक्ति), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2 विभक्ति), Plural (बहुवचन); qualifying munīn

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), Third person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• yathāgatam: as he had come; as before
• yathāgatam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + āgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam क्त)
• Form: Avyayībhāva compound (अव्ययीभाव), adverbial; literally ‘as (he) came’ = ‘as before’

• bhavadbhyaḥ: to you (honorific plural)
• bhavadbhyaḥ: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Dative/Ablative (4/5 विभक्ति), Plural (बहुवचन); respectful ‘to you/from you’ (here: to you)

• tu: indeed, however
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), emphasis/contrast

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Instrumental (3 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन)

• proktam: told, declared
• proktam: Vidheyaviśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra√vac (धातु) + kta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन); agrees with (varṇāśramavidhānakam)

• varṇāśramavidhānakam: the ordinance/system of varṇa and āśrama
• varṇāśramavidhānakam: Karma/Pradhāna-vākya-viṣaya (कर्म/वाक्य-विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + vidhānaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1/2 विभक्ति), Singular (एकवचन); समास: वर्णाश्रमस्य विधानकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/teacher (contextual speaker not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: munīn+sarvān→munīnsarvān; sarvān+jagāma→sarvānjagāma; bhavadbhyaḥ+tu→bhavadbhyastu.

Characters & Entities

• Munis

FAQs

What is meant by varṇāśrama-vidhāna in this verse?

It refers to the prescribed dharmic framework governing the four social classes (varṇas) and the four stages of life (āśramas), presented here as an organized ordinance or set of rules.

What action does the verse describe before the speaker departs?

It says he first consoled all the sages (munis) and then departed, returning in the same manner as he had arrived.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is implied by this shloka?

It highlights responsible instruction—teaching dharma clearly—and compassionate conduct, shown by consoling the sages before leaving.