Shloka 33

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

न च पश्याम पुरुष॑ तत्तेजोहतदर्शना: । ततो नः प्रादुरभवद्‌ विज्ञानं देवयोगजम्‌

Transliteration

na ca paśyāma puruṣaṁ tat tejo-hata-darśanāḥ | tato naḥ prādurabhavad vijñānaṁ deva-yoga-jam ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “We could no longer perceive that Person, for our sight had been overwhelmed by His radiance. Then, within us, there arose a clear understanding born of divine communion—an insight granted through the gods’ yoga.”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• paśyāmaḥ: we see
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (paśyati)
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 1st, plural, Parasmaipada

• puruṣam: the Person (man)
• puruṣam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karma
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: tad
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• tejaḥ: splendor, radiance
• tejaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• hata-darśanāḥ: with vision struck/overpowered (blinded)
• hata-darśanāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata + darśana
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas

• naḥ: to us
• naḥ: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: dative, plural, 1st

• prādur: manifest, openly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prādur

• abhavat: arose, came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū
• Form: Lan (imperfect), 3rd, singular, Parasmaipada

• vijñānam: knowledge, understanding
• vijñānam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijñāna
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• deva-yoga-jam: born of divine yoga (god-given yogic)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva + yoga + ja
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Puruṣa