Shloka 67

Brāhmaṇya-प्रश्नः — The Inquiry into Attaining Brāhmaṇya

Mataṅga–Gardabhī Itihāsa

Devanagari script

इदं मेध्यमिदं पुण्यमिदं स्वर्ग्यमनुत्तमम्‌ । इदं रहस्यं वेदानामाप्लाव्यं पावनं तथा

Transliteration

idaṁ medhyam idaṁ puṇyam idaṁ svargyam anuttamam | idaṁ rahasyaṁ vedānām āplāvyaṁ pāvanaṁ tathā

Translation

Ajadriya sprach: „Dies reinigt; dies verleiht Verdienst; dies ist das unvergleichliche Mittel zum Himmel. Dies ist das geheime Wesen der Veden—eine Läuterung wie eine Waschung, die ganz und gar durchspült, und ebenso heiligt.“

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मेध्यम्: pure, fit for sacrifice
• मेध्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मेध्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुण्यम्: meritorious, holy
• पुण्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्ग्यम्: heaven-leading, conducive to heaven
• स्वर्ग्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• अनुत्तमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रहस्यम्: secret, esoteric teaching
• रहस्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रहस्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वेदानाम्: of the Vedas
• वेदानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• आप्लाव्यम्: cleansing, to be used for purification (as by bathing/ablution)
• आप्लाव्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + प्लु (आप्लाव्य)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Gerundive (तव्यत्/यत् sense), ‘to be bathed/washed; fit to cleanse’

• पावनम्: purifying
• पावनम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पावन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and also; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

अजड्रिय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Ajadriya
• Vedas
• Svarga