Shloka 14

Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī

Devanagari script

यत्‌ तदेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म नानारूपं प्रदृश्यते । आसुरिर्मण्डले तस्मिन्‌ प्रतिपेदे तदव्ययम्‌,जो एकमात्र अक्षर और अविनाशी ब्रह्म नाना रूपोंमें दिखायी देता है, उसका ज्ञान आसुरिने उस मुनिमण्डलीमें प्रतिपादित किया

Transliteration

yat tad ekākṣaraṃ brahma nānārūpaṃ pradṛśyate | āsurir maṇḍale tasmin pratipede tad avyayam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: That imperishable Brahman—one and indivisible, spoken of as the ‘single syllable’—is nevertheless seen as assuming many forms. In that circle of sages, Āsuri expounded and established the understanding of that undecaying Reality.

Word by Word

यत्which/that (what)

तत्that

एकाक्षरम्single-syllabled

ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)

नानारूपम्of many forms

प्रदृश्यतेis seen/appears

आसुरिःAsuri (a sage)

मण्डलेin the circle/assembly

तस्मिन्in that

प्रतिपेदेhe taught/expounded; he made known

तत्that

अव्ययम्imperishable

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Āsuri

Brahman

maṇḍala (assembly of sages)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

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