Shloka 21

सांख्ययोगभेदः तथा योगबलोपदेशः

Sāṃkhya–Yoga Distinction and Instruction on Yogic Strength

Devanagari script

महादेवजीके पेटमें घुसकर प्रभावशाली महामना भृगुनन्दन उशना उसके भीतर सब ओर विचरने लगे ।। युधिछिर उवाच किमर्थ व्यचरद्‌ राजन्नुशना तस्य धीमत: । जठरे देवदेवस्य कि चाकार्षीन्महाद्युति:,युधिछ्िरने पूछा--राजन्‌! महातेजस्वी उशनाने बुद्धिमान्‌ देवाधिदेव महादेवजीके उदरमें किसलिये विचरण किया और वहाँ क्‍या किया?

Transliteration

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca | kimarthaṃ vyacarad rājann uśanā tasya dhīmataḥ | jaṭhare devadevasya kiṃ cākārṣīn mahādyutiḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O King, for what purpose did the radiant Uśanā (Śukra) move about within the belly of that wise Lord of Lords (Mahādeva)? And what, indeed, did that great-lustrous one do there?”

Word by Word

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• किमर्थम्: for what purpose/why
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किमर्थ

• व्यचरद्: moved about/wandered
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• उशना: Uśanā (Śukra)
• उशना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• धीमतः: of the wise one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• जठरे: in the belly
• जठरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जठर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• देवदेवस्य: of the god of gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अकार्षीत्: did/made
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महाद्युतिः: the greatly radiant one
• महाद्युतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Uśanā (Śukra)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devadeva