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Shloka 7

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

वेददर्शी विद्वान्‌ जैसा बताते हैं, उसके अनुसार नेत्र अध्यात्म है, रूप अधिभूत है और सूर्य अधिदैवत हैं ।। श्रोत्रमध्यात्ममित्याहुर्यथा श्रुतिनिदर्शिन: । शब्दस्तत्राधिभूत॑ तु दिशश्वात्राधिदिवतम्‌,वैदिक सिद्धान्तका ज्ञान रखनेवाले विद्वान्‌ पुरुष कहते हैं कि श्रोत्र अध्यात्म है, शब्द अधिभूत है, और दिशाएँ अधिदैवत हैं

śrotram adhyātmam ity āhur yathā śruti-nidarśinaḥ | śabdas tatrādhibhūtaḥ tu diśaś cātrādhidaivatam ||

Yājñavalkya said: “Those who discern the meaning of the Veda declare that the ear belongs to the inner self (adhyātma); sound is its corresponding element in the world (adhibhūta); and the directions preside over it as the divine principle (adhidaivata).” The teaching frames perception as a disciplined triad—self, object, and presiding cosmic order—so that one may understand experience without confusion and live in harmony with dharma.

श्रोत्रम्the ear (organ of hearing)
श्रोत्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootश्रोत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अध्यात्मम्the inner/self-related (adhyātma) aspect
अध्यात्मम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअध्यात्म
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus/so (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
श्रुति-निदर्शिनःthose who cite/point to the Śruti
श्रुति-निदर्शिनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रुति-निदर्शिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
शब्दःsound
शब्दः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशब्द
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तत्रthere/in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
अधिभूतम्the elemental/physical (adhibhūta) aspect
अधिभूतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधिभूत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
दिशःthe directions (quarters)
दिशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदिश्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अत्रhere/in this case
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
अधिदैवतम्the divine/presiding-deity (adhidaivata) aspect
अधिदैवतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधिदैवत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
Ś
Śruti (Vedic revelation)
D
Diśaḥ (the directions/quarters)