Shloka 4

Adhyāya 302: Guṇa-vicāra, Gati-bheda, and the Imperishable State

Yājñavalkya–Janaka

Devanagari script

शेषमल्पं दिनानां ते दक्षिणायनभास्करे । आवूृते भगवत्यके गन्तासि परमां गतिम्‌,अब सूर्यके दक्षिणायनमें रहनेके थोड़े ही दिन शेष हैं। भगवान्‌ सूर्यके उत्तरायणमें पदार्पण करते ही आप परमधामको पधारेंगे

Transliteration

śeṣam alpaṁ dinānāṁ te dakṣiṇāyana-bhāskare | āvṛte bhagavaty arke gantāsi paramāṁ gatim ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Only a few days remain for you while the Sun is in its southern course. When the revered Sun turns to the northern course, you will depart to the highest state.”

Word by Word

• śeṣam: remaining (portion)
• śeṣam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• alpam: little, small
• alpam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: alpa
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• dinānām: of days
• dinānām: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• te: for you / of you
• te: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad
• Form: —, Genitive/Dative, Singular

• dakṣiṇāyana-bhāskare: when the sun is in the southern course (dakṣiṇāyana)
• dakṣiṇāyana-bhāskare: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇāyana + bhāskara
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• āvṛte: when (it is) turned/changed (i.e., when it turns)
• āvṛte: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-√vṛ (āvṛta)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• bhagavati: in the venerable/lordly (one)
• bhagavati: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• arke: in the Sun
• arke: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: arka
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• gantā: about to go / will go
• gantā: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (gantṛ)
• Form: Periphrastic future (agent noun used predicatively), —, Singular, Masculine

• asi: you are
• asi: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: as
• Form: Present, 2, Singular

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• gatim: state/goal, destination
• gatim: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Sūrya (Bhāskara/Arka)
• Dakṣiṇāyana
• Uttarāyaṇa (implied by the Sun’s turning)