Shloka 28

Brahmopadeśa: Adhipatitva-kathana, Dharma-lakṣaṇa, and Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña Viveka

Book 14, Chapter 43

Devanagari script

धर्मलक्षणसंयुक्तमुक्त वो विधिवन्मया । गुणानां ग्रहणं सम्यग्‌ वक्ष्माम्यहमत: परम्‌,महर्षियो! यह मैंने तुमलोगोंसे लक्षणोंसहित धर्मका विधिवत्‌ वर्णन किया। अब यह बतला रहा हूँ कि किस गुणको किस इन्द्रियसे ठीक-ठीक ग्रहण किया जाता है

Transliteration

dharmalakṣaṇasaṃyuktam uktaṃ vo vidhivan mayā | guṇānāṃ grahaṇaṃ samyag vakṣmāmy aham ataḥ param, maharṣayaḥ ||

Translation

Vāyu said: “I have duly explained to you dharma together with its defining marks, in accordance with proper method. Now, O great seers, I shall go on to state clearly how each quality is correctly apprehended by the respective sense-faculty.”

Word by Word

• धर्मलक्षणसंयुक्तम्: endowed with the characteristics of dharma
• धर्मलक्षणसंयुक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म-लक्षण-संयुक्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उक्तम्: said/declared
• उक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (क्त)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वः: to you (all)
• वः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Plural

• विधिवत्: according to rule; duly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत्

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• गुणानाम्: of the qualities
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ग्रहणम्: apprehension; grasping
• ग्रहणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रहण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्यक्: properly; correctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• वक्ष्मि: I shall tell
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), 1st, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• अतः: thereafter; hence
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: further; next
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर

• महर्षयः: O great sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Maharṣis