Shloka 18

Doṣa-Parīkṣā and Guṇa-Viveka

Examination of Faults and Discernment of the Guṇas

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तस्येह विज्ञाने नास्ति तुल्यं निदर्शनम्‌ । यत्र नास्ति पदन्‍्यास: कस्तं विषयमाप्नुयात्‌,उस अव्यक्त ब्रह्मका बोध करानेके लिये इस संसारमें कोई योग्य दृष्टान्त नहीं है। जहाँ वाणीका व्यापार ही नहीं है, उस वस्तुको कौन वर्णनका विषय बना सकता है

Transliteration

avyaktasya iha vijñāne nāsti tulyaṃ nidarśanam | yatra nāsti padanyāsaḥ kas taṃ viṣayam āpnuyāt ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “In this world, when one seeks to understand the Unmanifest, there is no comparable illustration. Where even speech finds no footing, who could make that reality an object of description?”

Word by Word

अव्यक्तस्यof the unmanifest

इहhere (in this world/context)

विज्ञानेin (the matter of) knowing/understanding

नnot

अस्तिthere is

तुल्यम्equal/comparable

निदर्शनम्example/illustration

यत्रwhere

नnot

अस्तिthere is

पदन्यासःplacing of words/utterance (verbal deployment)

कःwho

तम्that (it)

विषयम्object/subject-matter

आप्नुयात्could attain/reach/make (into)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

avyakta (the Unmanifest)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes