Shloka 56

Sārasvata–Dadhīca Upākhyāna at Sarasvatī Tīrtha

Balarāma’s Pilgrimage Context

Devanagari script

विधिं च योगस्य परं कार्याकार्यस्य शास्त्रत: | संन्‍न्यासकृतबुद्धि त॑ ततो दृष्टवा महातपा:

Transliteration

vidhiṁ ca yogasya paraṁ kāryākāryasya śāstrataḥ | saṁnyāsakṛtabuddhiṁ taṁ tato dṛṣṭvā mahātapāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana sprach: Nachdem er kraft der Autorität der Schriften die höchste Ordnung des Yoga und die wahre Regel erkannt hatte, um zu unterscheiden, was zu tun und was zu lassen ist, schaute der große Asket ihn an—und sah einen Geist, der durch Entsagung (saṃnyāsa) gefestigt war.

Word by Word

• विधिम्: rule; injunction; method
• विधिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• योगस्य: of yoga; of discipline
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• परम्: supreme; highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कार्याकार्यस्य: of what should be done and what should not be done
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य-अकार्य
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शास्त्रतः: according to scripture; from the śāstra
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शास्त्रतः

• संन्यासकृतबुद्धिम्: one whose mind is made (set) on renunciation
• संन्यासकृतबुद्धिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संन्यास-कृत-बुद्धि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter; from there
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• महातपाः: the great ascetic (one of great austerity)
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana