Shloka 20

Adhyātma-krama: Indriya–Manas–Buddhi–Ātman Hierarchy and Citta-Prasāda (आध्यात्मक्रमः)

Devanagari script

यच्चेदं प्रभव: स्थान भूतानां संयमो यम: । स्वभावेनैव वर्तन्ते द्वन्द्रसृष्टानि भूरिश:,यह जो काल नामक तत्त्व है, वही प्राणियोंकी उत्पत्ति, पालन, संहार और नियन्त्रण करनेवाला है। उसीमें द्वन्धयुक्त असंख्य प्राणी स्वभावसे ही निवास करते हैं

Transliteration

yaccedaṃ prabhavaḥ sthānaṃ bhūtānāṃ saṃyamo yamaḥ | svabhāvenaiva vartante dvandrasṛṣṭāni bhūriśaḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “That very principle called Time is the source and abiding ground of beings, and it is also their restraint and governance. Within it, countless creatures—brought forth under the conditions of opposing pairs—continue to exist and act according to their own inherent nature.”

Word by Word

यत्that which

चand

इदम्this

प्रभवःorigin, source

स्थानम्abode, station

भूतानाम्of beings/creatures

संयमःrestraint, control

यमःYama; the restrainer

स्वभावेनby (their) own nature

एवindeed, just

वर्तन्तेthey exist/behave, they go on

द्वन्द्व-सृष्टानिcreated with pairs of opposites

भूरिशःin great number, abundantly

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Kāla (Time)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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