Shloka 16
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
Devanagari script
तथैव वेदशास्त्राणि लोकधर्माश्च शाश्वतान् । प्रलयं प्रकृति प्राप्प युगादौ सृजते पुन:,इसी प्रकार प्रलयकाल बीतनेपर कल्पके आरम्भमें प्रकृतिका आश्रय ले भगवान् श्रीकृष्ण ही ये वेद-शास्त्र और सनातन लोक-धर्मोंको पुनः प्रकट करते हैं
Transliteration
tathaiva vedaśāstrāṇi lokadharmāś ca śāśvatān | pralayaṁ prakṛtiṁ prāpya yugādau sṛjate punaḥ ||
Translation
“In the same way, the eternal Vedas and śāstras, and the everlasting norms of worldly dharma—after the dissolution, having entered back into Prakṛti—are brought forth again at the beginning of a new age.”
Word by Word
तथाthus, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
वेद-शास्त्राणिthe Vedas and the treatises (śāstras)
वेद-शास्त्राणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवेदशास्त्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
लोक-धर्मान्the duties/laws of the world
लोक-धर्मान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootलोकधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
शाश्वतान्eternal, perennial
शाश्वतान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootशाश्वत
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
प्रलयम्dissolution, cosmic destruction
प्रलयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रलय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रकृतिम्Prakṛti, primordial nature
प्रकृतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्यhaving reached/attained
प्राप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)
युग-आदौat the beginning of the age (yuga)
युग-आदौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयुगादि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
सृजतेcreates, brings forth
सृजते:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormPresent (Lat), Ātmanepada, Third, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaV
VedaŚ
ŚāstraL
LokadharmaP
PrakṛtiP
PralayaY
YugaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes