Shloka 21

ध्यानयोगवर्णनम्

Description of the Path of Meditation

Devanagari script

जब पाञ्वचभौतिक शरीरमें रूप, स्पर्श और गर्मीका भान नहीं होता, उस अवस्थामें शरीरस्थित अग्निके शान्त हो जानेपर जीवात्मा इस शरीरको त्यागकर भी नष्ट नहीं होता

Transliteration

yadā pañcabhautike śarīre rūpa-sparśa-uṣṇatāyāḥ bhānaṃ na bhavati, tasmin avasthāyāṃ śarīra-sthitasya agneḥ śānte bhūte jīvātmā imaṃ śarīraṃ tyaktvāpi na naśyati.

Translation

Bharadvāja said: When, in this body made of the five elements, there is no longer any awareness of form, touch, or heat, then—once the bodily fire has become quiet—the individual self does not perish even after leaving the body.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• पाञ्चभौतिके: in the five-elemental
• पाञ्चभौतिके: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाञ्चभौतिक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शरीरे: in the body
• शरीरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रूपस्य: of form
• रूपस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्पर्शस्य: of touch
• स्पर्शस्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• उष्णतायाः: of heat
• उष्णतायाः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्णता
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• भानम्: cognition/awareness
• भानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भवति: is/occurs
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अवस्थायाम्: in the state/condition
• अवस्थायाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्था
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• शरीरस्थितस्य: of (the fire) situated in the body
• शरीरस्थितस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शरीरस्थित
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अग्नेः: of the fire
• अग्नेः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शान्ते: when (it is) pacified/ceased
• शान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जीवात्मा: the individual self
• जीवात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund)

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नश्यति: perishes
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja
• jīvātmā
• agni
• pañcabhūta (five elements)