Shloka 12
दानपात्रापात्र-निर्णयः / Determining Worthy Gifts, Recipients, and Permissible Food
Devanagari script
पितामहसुतं ज्येष्ठ॑ कुमारं दीप्ततेजसम् । अध्यात्मगतितत्त्वज्ञमुपाशिक्षत य: पुरा,“इन्होंने पूर्वकालमें ब्रह्माजीके ज्येष्ठ पुत्र उद्दीप्त तेजस्वी सनत्कुमारजीसे, जो अध्यात्मगतिके तत्त्वको जाननेवाले हैं, अध्यात्मज्ञानकी शिक्षा पायी थी
Transliteration
pitāmaha-sutaṁ jyeṣṭhaṁ kumāraṁ dīpta-tejasam | adhyātma-gati-tattva-jñam upāśikṣata yaḥ purā ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana sprach: In früheren Zeiten empfing er Unterweisung in geistiger Erkenntnis von Sanatkumāra — dem ältesten Sohn des Pitāmaha (Brahmā), strahlend an Glanz —, der die wahren Grundsätze des inneren Weges und des Geschicks der Seele kennt.
Word by Word
पितामहसुतम्the son of the grandsire (Brahmā)
पितामहसुतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपितामहसुत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ज्येष्ठम्eldest
ज्येष्ठम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootज्येष्ठ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कुमारम्the youth; Kumāra (Sanatkumāra)
कुमारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकुमार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
दीप्ततेजसम्of blazing splendor
दीप्ततेजसम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदीप्ततेजस्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अध्यात्मगतितत्त्वज्ञम्knower of the truth of the course/way of the self (spiritual path)
अध्यात्मगतितत्त्वज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअध्यात्मगतितत्त्वज्ञ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उपाशिक्षतhe learned; he received instruction
उपाशिक्षत:
TypeVerb
Rootउप-शिक्ष्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुराformerly; in olden times
पुरा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaB
Brahmā (Pitāmaha)S
SanatkumāraVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes