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जनकस्य मोक्षमार्गप्रश्नः तथा पञ्चशिखोपदेश-प्रस्तावः | Janaka’s Path to Liberation: Prelude to Pañcaśikha’s Instruction

Devanagari script

यथाश्व॒त्थकणीकायामन्तर्भूतो महाद्रुम: । निष्पन्नो दृश्यते व्यक्तमव्यक्तात्‌ सम्भवस्तथा,जैसे पीपलके छोटे-से बीजमें एक विशाल वृक्ष अव्यक्तरूपसे समाया हुआ है, जो बीजके उगनेपर वृक्षरूपमें परिणत हो प्रत्यक्ष दिखायी देता है, उसी प्रकार अव्यक्तसे व्यक्त जगतकी उत्पत्ति होती है

Transliteration

yathāśvatthakaṇīkāyām antarbhūto mahādrumaḥ | niṣpanno dṛśyate vyaktam avyaktāt sambhavas tathā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: Just as a mighty tree lies hidden, unmanifest, within the tiny seed of the aśvattha (sacred fig), and when it sprouts it becomes manifest and is clearly seen, so too the manifest world arises from the unmanifest.

Word by Word

यथाjust as

अश्वत्थकणीकायाम्in the (small) seed of the aśvattha (peepal)

अन्तर्भूतःcontained within, included

महाद्रुमःthe great tree

निष्पन्नःhaving come forth, produced

दृश्यतेis seen, appears

व्यक्तम्clearly, manifestly

अव्यक्तात्from the unmanifest

सम्भवःorigin, coming-into-being

तथाso, likewise

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

aśvattha (sacred fig tree)

seed (kaṇīkā)

great tree (mahādruma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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Sandhi Notes