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Shloka 69

Adhyaya 75 — The Fall and Restoration of Revatī Nakṣatra and the Birth of Raivata Manu

Sanskrit

समेतः सकलैर्धर्मैर्मानवैः पराजितः ।

विज्ञाताखिलशास्त्रार्थो वेदविद्यार्थशास्त्रवित् ॥

Transliteration

sametaḥ sakalair dharmair mānavair aparājitaḥ | vijñātākhilaśāstrārtho vedavidyārthaśāstravit ||

Translation

তিনি সকল ধর্মে সমৃদ্ধ ছিলেন এবং মানুষের মধ্যে অজেয় বলে গণ্য হতেন। তিনি সকল শাস্ত্রের অর্থতত্ত্ব অবগত, বেদ, বিদ্যা ও গ্রন্থার্থের মর্মজ্ঞ ছিলেন।

Word by Word
समेतःassembled, endowed (with)
समेतः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-इ (धातु) → समेत (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), विशेषण
सकलैःwith all
सकलैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण
धर्मैःvirtues/duties
धर्मैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
मानवैःby men/humans
मानवैः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन
पराजितःdefeated, overcome
पराजितः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपराजि (धातु) → पराजित (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), विशेषण
विज्ञातknown/understood
विज्ञात:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-ज्ञा (धातु) → विज्ञात (कृदन्त, भूतकृदन्त)
Form(समासपूर्वपद) क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; ‘known/understood’ इत्यर्थे
अखिलall
अखिल:
—
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(समासपूर्वपद) विशेषण; ‘all, entire’
शास्त्रtreatise, scripture
शास्त्र:
—
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(समासपूर्वपद) नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘treatise/scripture’
अर्थःmeaning/purport
अर्थः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासान्तपद
विज्ञाताखिलशास्त्रार्थःone who has understood the meaning of all scriptures
विज्ञाताखिलशास्त्रार्थः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविज्ञात + अखिल + शास्त्र + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (विशेष्य: ‘(सः)’)
वेदVeda
वेद:
—
TypeNoun
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(समासपूर्वपद) पुंलिङ्ग; ‘Veda’
विद्याlearning
विद्या:
—
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(समासपूर्वपद) स्त्रीलिङ्ग; ‘knowledge/learning’
अर्थmeaning
अर्थ:
—
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(समासपूर्वपद) पुंलिङ्ग; ‘meaning’
शास्त्रtreatise
शास्त्र:
—
TypeNoun
Rootशास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(समासपूर्वपद) नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘treatise’
वित्knower
वित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootविद् (धातु) → वित् (कृदन्त, क्विप्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्विप्-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun) ‘knower’
वेदविद्यार्थशास्त्रवित्knower of the Veda, learning, meanings, and treatises
वेदविद्यार्थशास्त्रवित्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद + विद्या + अर्थ + शास्त्र + वित् (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (विशेष्य: ‘(सः)’)
Speakers
Markandeya speaking (frame dialogue context not explicit in this excerpt)
Key Themes
DharmaKingship idealsScriptural learningManvantara chronology

FAQs

The ideal ruler (or Manu-like archetype) is portrayed as morally complete (sakala-dharma) and intellectually complete (akhila-śāstra-artha), implying that authority is legitimized by both virtue and right understanding of śāstra.

Manvantara: it characterizes the Manu and his epoch by describing the Manu’s qualities, a standard Purāṇic method for marking each manvantara.

The pairing of dharma (conduct) and śāstra-jñāna (right knowledge) encodes the Purāṇic view that cosmic order is upheld when inner discernment and outer action are harmonized.

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