Shloka 13

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

Devanagari script

तत्‌ सुपर्णार्कचरितमास्थितं वैष्णवं पदम्‌ । भाभिरप्रतिमं भाति त्रैलोक्यमवभासयत्‌

Transliteration

tat suparṇārkacaritam āsthitaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ padam | bhābhir apratimaṃ bhāti trailokyam avabhāsayat ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “That supreme state—Vaishnava in nature—was attained, famed in the deeds of Garuḍa and radiant like the sun. With incomparable splendor it shines, illuminating the three worlds.”

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• सुपर्णार्कचरितम्: having the course/character of Garuḍa and the Sun
• सुपर्णार्कचरितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुपर्णार्कचरित
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• आस्थितम्: having assumed/attained
• आस्थितम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative, singular

• वैष्णवम्: Viṣṇu-related, Vaiṣṇava
• वैष्णवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पदम्: state/abode/position
• पदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भाभिः: with radiances/splendors
• भाभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भा
• Form: feminine, instrumental, plural

• अप्रतिमम्: unmatched, incomparable
• अप्रतिमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिम
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• भाति: shines
• भाति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भा
• Form: present (laṭ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैलोक्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अवभासयत्: illuminating
• अवभासयत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-भास्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Suparṇa (Garuḍa)
• Arka (Sun)
• Vaiṣṇava padam (supreme state/abode of Viṣṇu)
• Trailokya (three worlds)