Shloka 583

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

देवो<स्माभिरनन दृष्ट: स कथं त्वं द्रष्टमहसि । “बृहस्पते! इस प्रकार हमने बड़ी भारी तपस्या की, हव्य-कव्योंके द्वारा भगवान्‌का पूजन भी किया, तो भी हमें उनका दर्शन न हो सका। फिर तुम कैसे अनायास ही उनका दर्शन पा लोगे?

Transliteration

devo ’smābhir ananadṛṣṭaḥ sa kathaṁ tvaṁ draṣṭum arhasi |

Translation

The Devas said: “We ourselves could not behold that God. How, then, can you be fit to see Him? Even after we undertook immense austerities and worshipped the Lord with oblations and sacrificial offerings, His vision did not come to us—so how could you, without effort, attain His direct sight, O Bṛhaspati?”

Word by Word

• देवः: the god (Lord)
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Plural

• अननु: indeed / surely (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अननु

• दृष्टः: seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कथम्: how?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: are able / deserve
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

देव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Deva (speaker)
• Bhagavān / Deva (the Lord, referred to as 'saḥ')
• Bṛhaspati