Agni Purana — Yoga & Brahma-vidya, Shloka 53

Adhyāya 379 — अद्वैतब्रह्मविज्ञानम्

Advaita-brahma-vijñāna

Devanagari script

ऋतुरस्मि तवाचार्यः प्रज्ञादानाय ते द्विज इहागतो ऽहं यास्यामि परमार्थस्तवोदितः

Transliteration

ṛturasmi tavācāryaḥ prajñādānāya te dvija ihāgato 'haṃ yāsyāmi paramārthastavoditaḥ

Translation

মই ঋতু, তোমাৰ আচার্য। হে দ্বিজ, তোমাক প্ৰজ্ঞা দান কৰিবলৈ মই ইয়ালৈ আহিছোঁ। এতিয়া মই প্ৰস্থান কৰিম; তোমাক পৰমাৰ্থ (পৰম সত্য) কোৱা হ’ল।

Word by Word

• ऋतुः: Ṛtu (name)/season
• ऋतुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आचार्यः: teacher
• आचार्यः: Visheshya/Predicate (विधेय/Predicate noun)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रज्ञा-दानाय: for giving wisdom
• प्रज्ञा-दानाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रज्ञा (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (प्रज्ञायाः दानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• द्विज: O twice-born (brahmin)
• द्विज: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (here)

• आगतः: come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• परम-अर्थः: the highest truth
• परम-अर्थः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (परमः अर्थः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तव: by you/your
• तव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• उदितः: spoken/declared
• उदितः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + इ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (said/uttered), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: उद्

Speaker

Ṛtu (as the instructing ācārya within the chapter’s dialogue)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: Shanta

Secondary Rasa: Karuna (gentle parting)

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: ऋतुरस्मि = ऋतुः + अस्मि; तवाचार्यः = तव + आचार्यः; इहागतोऽहम् = इह + आगतः + अहम्; परमार्थस्तवोदितः = परम + अर्थः + तव + उदितः.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛtu
• Dvija
• Ācārya
• Paramārtha
• Prajñā

FAQs

What technical or ritual knowledge (Vidya) is imparted in this verse?

This verse conveys jñāna-vidyā (wisdom-teaching): the guru identifies his purpose as prajñā-dāna—bestowing insight—culminating in the declaration of paramārtha (the highest truth).

How does this verse contribute to the 'Encyclopedic' nature of the Agni Purana?

Alongside ritual, polity, and other sciences, the Agni Purana also preserves concise mokṣa-oriented instruction. This verse exemplifies its jñāna section by framing a complete teaching moment: the teacher arrives, transmits the essential doctrine (paramārtha), and departs.

What is the spiritual or karmic significance of this specific instruction?

Receiving prajñā (liberating insight) from an ācārya is presented as the culmination of instruction—pointing to inner purification and the direct orientation toward mokṣa through understanding paramārtha.