Shloka 15

Ātma-saṃyama-dharma: One-pointedness of Mind and Senses (शुक–व्यास संवादः)

Devanagari script

चतुष्पदी हि नि:श्रेणी ब्रह्मण्येषा प्रतिष्िता । एतामारुहा[ नि:श्रेणीं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

catuṣpadī hi niḥśreṇī brahmaṇy eṣā pratiṣṭhitā | etām āruhya niḥśreṇīṁ brahmaloke mahīyate ||

Translation

এই চার আশ্রম ব্রহ্মেই প্রতিষ্ঠিত এবং ব্রহ্মে পৌঁছাবার চার ধাপের সিঁড়ির ন্যায় গণ্য। এই সিঁড়ি বেয়ে উঠলে মানুষ ব্রহ্মলোকে সম্মানিত হয়।

Word by Word

• चतुष्पदी: four-stepped
• चतुष्पदी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुष्पद
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• निःश्रेणी: ladder/stairway
• निःश्रेणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निःश्रेणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मण्या: leading to Brahman / pertaining to Brahman
• ब्रह्मण्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मण्य
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• एषा: this
• एषा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रतिष्ठिता: established/founded
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-स्था
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• एताम्: this (her/it)
• एताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आरुह्य: having climbed
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• निःश्रेणीम्: the ladder/stairway
• निःश्रेणीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निःश्रेणी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मलोके: in the world of Brahman
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महीयते: is honored/is glorified
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brahman
• Brahmaloka
• niḥśreṇī (four-stepped ladder, metaphor)
• catuṣpadī (four steps, implying the four āśramas)