Shloka 10

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

श्वेता: पुमांसो गतसर्वपापा- श्क्षुमुष: पापकृतां नराणाम्‌ | वज्रास्थिकाया: सममानोन्माना दिव्यावयवरूपा: शुभसारोपेता:

Transliteration

śvetāḥ pumāṁso gatasarvapāpāś cakṣu-muṣaḥ pāpakṛtāṁ narāṇām | vajrāsthi-kāyāḥ samamānonmānā divyāvayava-rūpāḥ śubha-sāropetāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: „Auf jener Insel wohnen weißfarbige Männer, gänzlich frei von jeder Sünde. Für Sünder ist ihr Anblick blendend. Ihre Körper, ja selbst ihre Knochen, sind hart wie der Vajra, wie der Donnerkeil; Ehre und Schmach gelten ihnen als gleich. Ihre Glieder sind von göttlicher Gestalt, und sie sind mit glückverheißender Kraft begabt (geboren aus der Vollendung des Yoga).“

Word by Word

• श्वेताः: white (in complexion)
• श्वेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पुमांसः: men
• पुमांसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गत: gone; removed; free from
• गत: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• पापाः: sins
• पापाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• क्षुमुषः: eyes (as used here: their eyes/eye-sight; reading uncertain)
• क्षुमुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुमुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पापकृताम्: of sinners; of evil-doers
• पापकृताम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• नराणाम्: of men
• नराणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• वज्र: with/like a thunderbolt (adamant)
• वज्र: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अस्थि: bones
• अस्थि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• कायाः: bodies
• कायाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सम: equal
• सम: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मान: honour
• मान: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अवमान: dishonour
• अवमान: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवमान
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आनमानाः: considering; regarding (reading uncertain; likely 'सममानावमानाः')
• आनमानाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आनमान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अवयव: limbs
• अवयव: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवयव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• रूपाः: having form/beauty
• रूपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• शुभ: with auspicious (power/essence)
• शुभ: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सार: strength; essence
• सार: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सार
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• उपेताः: endowed with; possessed of
• उपेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप-इ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• an island (dvīpa)
• sinful humans (pāpakṛt narāḥ)
• vajra (thunderbolt/adamant)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral purity and yogic discipline culminate in steadiness of mind: the truly perfected are described as free from sin and unmoved by honor or dishonor, suggesting that ethical conduct and inner equanimity are marks of spiritual attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is describing extraordinary inhabitants of a certain island: radiant, sinless men whose very appearance overwhelms the sinful, possessing adamantine bodies and divine limbs, and characterized by equal regard for praise and blame.