Shloka 58
Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)
Devanagari script
प्राणापानौ संनिरुध्य वक्त्रस्थानेन यत्नतः । विचार्य सर्वतो दृष्टिं बहुदृष्टिरमित्रजित्
Transliteration
prāṇāpānau saṃnirudhya vaktrasthānena yatnataḥ | vicārya sarvato dṛṣṭiṃ bahudṛṣṭir amitrajit ||
Translation
Vīrabhadra said: “With careful effort, restraining the in-breath and out-breath and fixing them at the region of the mouth, he then examined his gaze in every direction. Thus the foe-conqueror became ‘many-sighted’—fully alert and wide-ranging in perception.”
Word by Word
प्राणापानौthe in-breath and out-breath
प्राणापानौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण + अपान
FormMasculine, Accusative, Dual
संनिरुध्यhaving restrained
संनिरुध्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-नि-रुध्
FormLyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
वक्त्रस्थानेनby/with the place in the mouth (oral region)
वक्त्रस्थानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवक्त्रस्थान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
यत्नतःcarefully, with effort
यत्नतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्न
विचार्यhaving directed/considered
विचार्य:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-चर्
FormLyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral here)
सर्वतःon all sides, everywhere
सर्वतः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्व
दृष्टिम्the gaze, sight
दृष्टिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदृष्टि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
बहुदृष्टिःone whose gaze is manifold / who looks in many ways
बहुदृष्टिः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबहुदृष्टि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अमित्रजित्conqueror of foes (epithet)
अमित्रजित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअमित्रजित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वीरभद्र उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VīrabhadraA
amitrajit (foe-conqueror, epithet of the described person)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes