Shloka 13

Adhyāya 222 — ब्रह्मस्थानप्राप्ति: मोक्षधर्मे समत्वव्रतम्

Attaining the Brahman-Station: The Vow of Equanimity in Mokṣadharma

Devanagari script

इति संचोदितस्तेन धीरो निश्चितनिश्चय: । उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा स्वां प्रज्ञामनुवर्णयन्‌

Transliteration

iti saṃcoditas tena dhīro niścita-niścayaḥ | uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā svāṃ prajñām anūvarṇayan ||

Translation

এভাবে তাঁর দ্বারা প্ররোচিত হয়ে, পরম তত্ত্বে স্থিরনিশ্চয় ধীর প্রহ্লাদ নিজের প্রজ্ঞার স্বরূপ বর্ণনা করতে করতে কোমল ও পরিশীলিত বাক্যে বললেন।

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• संचोदितः: urged, prompted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संचोदित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• धीरः: steadfast, wise
• धीरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निश्चित-निश्चयः: one of firm/settled resolve
• निश्चित-निश्चयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निश्चितनिश्चय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said, spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• श्लक्ष्णया: with gentle/smooth
• श्लक्ष्णया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्लक्ष्ण
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• वाचा: speech, words
• वाचा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• स्वाम्: his own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रज्ञाम्: wisdom, understanding
• प्रज्ञाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुवर्णयन्: describing, recounting
• अनुवर्णयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनुवर्णयत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Indra
• Prahlāda