Shloka 17

ब्रह्मघोष-प्रवर्तनम्, अनध्याय-नियमः, वायु-मार्ग-वर्णनम्

Restoring Vedic Recitation, the Anadhyaya Rule, and the Taxonomy of Winds

Devanagari script

एतेषां सहवासं च निवासं चैव नित्यश: । याथातथ्येन पश्यन्ति न नित्यं प्राकृता जना:

Transliteration

eteṣāṃ sahavāsaṃ ca nivāsaṃ caiva nityaśaḥ | yāthātathyena paśyanti na nityaṃ prākṛtā janāḥ ||

Translation

Ordinary people do not always perceive things as they truly are. Even while living in constant association and dwelling together day after day, they fail to see the real nature of those persons and conditions in accordance with reality.

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these (people/things)
• एतेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• सहवासम्: living together, association
• सहवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहवास
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• निवासम्: dwelling, residence
• निवासम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवास
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नित्यशः: always, constantly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यशस्

• याथातथ्येन: by/with truth as it is, in accordance with reality
• याथातथ्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: याथातथ्य
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• पश्यन्ति: they see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: present, third, plural, parasmaipada

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• नित्यम्: the eternal (as such)
• नित्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्राकृताः: ordinary, unrefined
• प्राकृताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राकृत
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya