Shloka 21

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

आप ही स्वर्ग और मोक्ष हैं। आप ही काम और क्रोध हैं तथा आप ही सत्त्व, रज, तम, अधोलोक और ऊर्ध्वलोक हैं

Transliteration

āpa hī svarga aura mokṣa haiṃ | āpa hī kāma aura krodha haiṃ tathā āpa hī sattva, rajas, tamas, adholoka aura ūrdhvaloka haiṃ |

Translation

Vāyu-deva declares: “You alone are heaven and liberation. You alone appear as desire and anger; and you alone are the three qualities—sattva, rajas, and tamas—as well as the lower and the higher worlds.”

Word by Word

• आप: you
• आप: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Prathama, Eka

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• स्वर्गः: heaven
• स्वर्गः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Puṁ, Prathama, Eka

• मोक्षः: liberation
• मोक्षः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष
• Form: Puṁ, Prathama, Eka

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

• कामः: desire
• कामः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Puṁ, Prathama, Eka

• क्रोधः: anger
• क्रोधः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Puṁ, Prathama, Eka

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

• सत्त्वम्: sattva (purity/clarity)
• सत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व
• Form: Napुं, Prathama, Eka

• रजः: rajas (activity/passion)
• रजः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Napुं, Prathama, Eka

• तमः: tamas (darkness/inertia)
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Napुं, Prathama, Eka

• अधोलोकः: lower world
• अधोलोकः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधोलोक
• Form: Puṁ, Prathama, Eka

• ऊर्ध्वलोकः: upper world
• ऊर्ध्वलोकः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ध्वलोक
• Form: Puṁ, Prathama, Eka

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

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Wind-god)
• Svarga
• Mokṣa
• Adholoka
• Ūrdhvaloka
• Sattva
• Rajas
• Tamas
• Kāma
• Krodha