Shloka 2

Śuka–Janaka Saṃvāda: Āśrama-krama, Jñāna-vijñāna, and the Marks of Liberation (शुक-जनक संवादः)

Devanagari script

पायुरध्यात्ममित्याहुर्यथा तत्त्वार्थदर्शिन: । विसर्गमधि भूतं च मित्रस्तत्राधिदेवतम्‌,तच्त्वार्थदर्शी विद्वान्‌ गुदाको अध्यात्म कहते हैं। मलत्याग अधिभूत है और मित्र अधिदैवत हैं

Transliteration

pāyur adhyātmam ity āhur yathā tattvārthadarśinaḥ | visargam adhibhūtaṃ ca mitras tatrādhidaivatam ||

Translation

Yājñavalkya said: “Those who truly see reality declare that the anus (pāyu) is the ‘adhyātma’ aspect. Its function of evacuation (visarga) is the ‘adhibhūta’ aspect, and the deity presiding over it is Mitra as the ‘adhidaivata.’”

Word by Word

पायु:anus

अध्यात्मम्as pertaining to the self (adhyātma)

इतिthus

आहु:they say

यथाas, according as

तत्त्वार्थदर्शिन:knowers/seers of the true meaning of reality

विसर्गम्discharge, excretion

अधिwith regard to, in the sphere of

भूतम्the elemental/physical (adhibhūta)

चand

मित्र:Mitra (deity)

तत्रthere, in that context

अधिदेवतम्the presiding deity (adhidaivata)

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yājñavalkya

Mitra

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes