Shloka 13
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
Devanagari script
अ्हस्त्वमसि कल्याण वार्ष्णेयं शृणु यत्परम् । कालचक्रमनाद्यन्तं भावाभावस्वलक्षणम्
Transliteration
ahastvam asi kalyāṇa vārṣṇeyaṁ śṛṇu yat param | kālacakram anādyantaṁ bhāvābhāva-svalakṣaṇam ||
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “O auspicious one, O Vārṣṇeya, you are not helpless. Listen now to the highest teaching: the wheel of Time—without beginning or end—whose very mark is the arising and passing away of all states of being and non-being.”
Word by Word
अहस्त्वम्non-hand-ness; being without hands
अहस्त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअहस्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
असिyou are
असि:
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
कल्याणO auspicious one
कल्याण:
TypeAdjective
Rootकल्याण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वार्ष्णेयम्the descendant of Vृष्णि (Krishna)
वार्ष्णेयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवार्ष्णेय (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
शृणुlisten
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
परम्supreme; highest
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
कालचक्रम्the wheel/cycle of time
कालचक्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकालचक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अनाद्यन्तम्without beginning and end
अनाद्यन्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाद्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भावाभावस्वलक्षणम्having as its own mark existence and non-existence
भावाभावस्वलक्षणम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootभावाभावस्वलक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaV
Vārṣṇeya (Kṛṣṇa)K
kālacakra (Wheel of Time)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes