Shloka 25

Adhyāya 352: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Saṃvāda — Uñchavrata-niścaya

Dialogue and the Resolve to Practice Uñchavrata

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच बहव: पुरुषा: पुत्र त्वया ये समुदाहता: । एवमेतदतिक्रान्तं द्रष्टव्यं नैवमित्यपि,ब्रह्माजीने कहा--बेटा! तुमने जिन बहुत-से पुरुषोंका उल्लेख किया है, उनके विषयमें तुम्हारा यह कथन ठीक ही है। जिनकी सृष्टि मैं करता हूँ, उनका चिन्तन मैं क्‍यों करूँगा?

Transliteration

brahmovāca bahavaḥ puruṣāḥ putra tvayā ye samudāhṛtāḥ | evam etad atikrāntaṃ draṣṭavyaṃ naivam ity api ||

Translation

Brahmā said: “Son, the many ‘persons’ you have spoken of are indeed as you have described. Yet this matter must be seen as something already transcended—one should not insist, ‘It is only thus and not otherwise.’”

Word by Word

ब्रह्माBrahmā

उवाचsaid

बहवःmany

पुरुषाःpersons/men

पुत्रO son

त्वयाby you

येwho/which

समुदाहताःmentioned/uttered

एवम्thus/in this manner

एतत्this

अतिक्रान्तम्gone beyond/passed over

द्रष्टव्यम्should be seen/considered

नnot

एवम्thus

इतिthus (quotative)

अपिalso/even

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

Brahmā

putra (addressed son)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes