Shloka 60
Adhyaya 234 — The Threefold Suffering and the Path to Ultimate Dissolution
Devanagari script
यथा सूर्यस् तथा ज्ञानं यद् वै विप्रा विवेकजम् मनुर् अप्य् आह वेदार्थं स्मृत्वा यन् मुनिसत्तमाः //
Translation
Dieser Vers (Nr. 60) wird als heiliges Wort in der puranischen Überlieferung bewahrt.
Word by Word
yathājust as
yathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; comparative particle (उपमानवाचक अव्यय)
sūryaḥthe sun
sūryaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
tathāso/likewise
tathā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; correlative adverb (तदर्थक अव्यय)
jñānamknowledge
jñānam:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
yatwhich/that
yat:
Visheshya (विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd प्रथमा/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun (यत्-प्रत्यय)
vaiindeed
vai:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक निपात)
viprāḥbrahmins/sages
viprāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvipra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
viveka-jamborn of discernment
viveka-jam:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootviveka (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jan जन्)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘vivekāt jātaṃ’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); adjective qualifying jñānam
manuḥManu
manuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
apialso
api:
Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (समुच्चय/अपि-निपात)
āhasaid
āha:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√ah (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); parasmaipada
veda-arthamthe meaning of the Veda
veda-artham:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootveda (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘vedasya arthaḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
smṛtvāhaving remembered
smṛtvā:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Root√smṛ (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), ‘having remembered’
yatwhich/that
yat:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); relative pronoun referring to vedārtham
muni-sattamāḥthe best of sages
muni-sattamāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmuni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘munīnāṃ sattamāḥ’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
Speaker
Didactic voice addressing viprāḥ; citing Manu and sages as authorities.