Shloka 6
Kṛṣṇa’s Dhyāna and the Prompt to Question Bhīṣma (कृष्णध्यानं भीष्मप्रश्नप्रेरणा च)
Devanagari script
यथा दीपो निवातस्थो निरिज्री ज्वलते पुनः । तथासि भगवन् देव पाषाण इव निश्चल:
Transliteration
yathā dīpo nivātastho nirindhano jvalate punaḥ | tathāsi bhagavan deva pāṣāṇa iva niścalaḥ ||
Translation
Yudhiṣṭhira sprach: „Wie eine Lampe an einem windstillen Ort ruhig und gleichmäßig brennt, so bleibst auch du, o seliger Herr, o göttlicher, unbewegt—fest und unerschüttert wie ein Stein.“
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
दीपःa lamp
दीपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदीप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निवातस्थःstanding in a windless place
निवातस्थः:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिवातस्थ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निरिन्द्रियःunperturbed (lit. without agitation of the senses)
निरिन्द्रियः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरिन्द्रिय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ज्वलतेburns, shines
ज्वलते:
TypeVerb
Rootज्वल्
FormPresent (Lat), Third, Singular, Atmanepada
पुनःagain / indeed
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
तथाso, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
असिyou are
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
भगवन्O Blessed One
भगवन्:
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
देवO god, O lord
देव:
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पाषाणःa stone, rock
पाषाणः:
TypeNoun
Rootपाषाण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
निश्चलःmotionless, steady
निश्चलः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनिश्चल
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
युधिछिर उवाच
Characters & Entities
Y
YudhiṣṭhiraB
Bhagavān (addressed deity/sage)D
Deva (divine one)D
dīpa (lamp)P
pāṣāṇa (stone)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes