Shloka 8

दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्

Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas

Devanagari script

तेषां ब्रह्ममयी वाणी सर्वेषां श्रोत्रमागमत्‌ | दिव्या सरस्वती तत्र सम्बभूव नभस्तलात्‌,उस ध्यानावस्थामें उन सबके कानोंमें ब्रह्ममयी वाणी सुनायी पड़ी। उस समय वहाँ आकाशसे दिव्य सरस्वती प्रकट हुई थी

Transliteration

teṣāṁ brahmamayī vāṇī sarveṣāṁ śrotram āgamat | divyā sarasvatī tatra sambabhūva nabhastalāt |

Translation

While they were absorbed in meditation, a voice imbued with the power of Brahman reached the ears of them all. At that very moment, the divine Sarasvatī manifested there, descending from the expanse of the sky.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• ब्रह्ममयी: filled with Brahman; divine
• ब्रह्ममयी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्ममय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• वाणी: speech/voice
• वाणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाणी
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• सर्वेषाम्: of all (of them)
• सर्वेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• श्रोत्रम्: ear; hearing
• श्रोत्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आगमत्: came/reached (was heard by)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: aorist (luṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• दिव्या: divine
• दिव्या: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• सम्बभूव: appeared; came into being
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-भू
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• नभः-तलात्: from the sky/firmament
• नभः-तलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् + तल
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• Sarasvatī
• brahmamayī vāṇī (Brahman-infused voice)
• nabhastala (sky/heavens)