Shloka 26
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
Devanagari script
दीपादन्ये यथा दीपा: प्रवर्तन्ते सहस्रश: । प्रकृति: सूयते तद्धदानन्त्यान् नापचीयते
Transliteration
dīpād anye yathā dīpāḥ pravartante sahasraśaḥ | prakṛtiḥ sūyate tad dhadānantyān nāpacīyate ||
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “Just as countless lamps can be kindled from a single lamp, so too does Prakṛti continually bring forth manifold forms. Yet, even while producing this endless multiplicity, she is not diminished.”
Word by Word
दीपात्from a lamp
दीपात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootदीप
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
अन्येother (lamps)
अन्ये:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यथाjust as
यथा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
दीपाःlamps
दीपाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदीप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रवर्तन्तेarise / come forth / are kindled
प्रवर्तन्ते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र√वृत्
FormLat, Present, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
सहस्रशःby the thousand; in thousands
सहस्रशः:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्रशस्
प्रकृतिःPrakriti; primordial nature
प्रकृतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
सूयतेbrings forth; gives birth; produces
सूयते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√सू
FormLat, Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
तत्that (entity/principle)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
धद्holding; bearing; sustaining
धद्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Root√धा
Formशतृ (present active participle), Neuter, Accusative, Singular
अनन्त्यान्endless (ones); infinitudes
अनन्त्यान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्त्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अपचीयतेdiminishes; is depleted
अपचीयते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअप√चि
FormLat, Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaD
dīpa (lamp)P
PrakṛtiVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes