Shloka 37

Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs

Devanagari script

पजञ्चविंशतिनिष्ठो5यं यदा सम्यक्‌ प्रवर्तते । एकत्वं दर्शन चास्य नानात्वं चाप्यदर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

pañcaviṁśati-niṣṭho ’yaṁ yadā samyak pravartate | ekatvaṁ darśanaṁ cāsya nānātvaṁ cāpy adarśanam ||

Translation

When this discipline, grounded in the twenty-five principles, is properly set in motion, it yields a vision of oneness; and with that same clarity, the appearance of multiplicity is no longer seen.

Word by Word

• पञ्चविंशतिनिष्ठः: one established in the twenty-five (tattvas)
• पञ्चविंशतिनिष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चविंशति-निष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (person)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• सम्यक्: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• प्रवर्तते: proceeds, engages (in practice)
• प्रवर्तते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• एकत्वम्: oneness
• एकत्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकत्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दर्शनम्: seeing, perception
• दर्शनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him/this (person)
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नानात्वम्: multiplicity, diversity
• नानात्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानात्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अदर्शनम्: non-seeing, non-perception
• अदर्शनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)