Shloka 8

Jarā-Mṛtyu-anatikrama: Janaka–Pañcaśikha-saṃvāda

Aging and Death Cannot Be Overstepped

Devanagari script

अव्यक्तस्य पर प्राहुर्विद्यां वै पडचविंशकम्‌ । सर्वस्य सर्वमित्युक्तं ज्ञेयं ज्ञानस्य पार्थिव

Translation

They declare that the supreme knowledge of the Unmanifest (avyakta) is indeed the set of the twenty-five principles (tattvas). O King, what is to be known is “the all of all”—the comprehensive form of all knowledge.

Word by Word

• अव्यक्तस्य: of the unmanifest (Prakriti)
• अव्यक्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परम्: supreme; highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राहुः: they have declared / they say
• प्राहुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• विद्याम्: knowledge
• विद्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• पञ्चविंशकम्: the twenty-fifth (principle/entity)
• पञ्चविंशकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: पञ्चविंशक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वस्य: of all
• सर्वस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वम्: everything; the all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective/Noun
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तम्: said; declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: kta (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ज्ञेयम्: to be known; knowable
• ज्ञेयम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: ya (gerundive), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ज्ञानस्य: of knowledge
• ज्ञानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पार्थिव: O king (earth-lord)
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

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