Shloka 4

Adhyāya 302: Guṇa-vicāra, Gati-bheda, and the Imperishable State

Yājñavalkya–Janaka

Devanagari script

शेषमल्पं दिनानां ते दक्षिणायनभास्करे । आवूृते भगवत्यके गन्तासि परमां गतिम्‌,अब सूर्यके दक्षिणायनमें रहनेके थोड़े ही दिन शेष हैं। भगवान्‌ सूर्यके उत्तरायणमें पदार्पण करते ही आप परमधामको पधारेंगे

Transliteration

śeṣam alpaṁ dinānāṁ te dakṣiṇāyana-bhāskare | āvṛte bhagavaty arke gantāsi paramāṁ gatim ||

Translation

যুধিষ্ঠির বললেন—সূর্য দক্ষিণায়নে থাকাকালীন আপনার জন্য আর অল্প কয়েকটি দিনই অবশিষ্ট। পূজনীয় সূর্য উত্তরায়নে প্রবৃত্ত হলেই আপনি পরম গতি লাভ করবেন।

Word by Word

• śeṣam: remaining (portion)
• śeṣam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• alpam: little, small
• alpam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpa
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• dinānām: of days
• dinānām: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• te: for you / of you
• te: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad
• Form: —, Genitive/Dative, Singular

• dakṣiṇāyana-bhāskare: when the sun is in the southern course (dakṣiṇāyana)
• dakṣiṇāyana-bhāskare: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇāyana + bhāskara
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• āvṛte: when (it is) turned/changed (i.e., when it turns)
• āvṛte: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√vṛ (āvṛta)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• bhagavati: in the venerable/lordly (one)
• bhagavati: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• arke: in the Sun
• arke: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: arka
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• gantā: about to go / will go
• gantā: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (gantṛ)
• Form: Periphrastic future (agent noun used predicatively), —, Singular, Masculine

• asi: you are
• asi: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: as
• Form: Present, 2, Singular

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• gatim: state/goal, destination
• gatim: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sūrya (Bhāskara/Arka)
• Dakṣiṇāyana
• Uttarāyaṇa (implied by the Sun’s turning)