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Shloka 6

ऐसे लोगोंको जो उत्तम गति प्राप्त होती है, उसे न देवता, न गन्धर्व, न असुर और न नाग ही पा सकते हैं ।। एतदेवंविध॑ दृष्टमाश्नर्य तत्र मे द्विज । संसिद्धों मानुष: कार्म योडसौ सिद्धगतिं गत: । सूर्येण सहितो ब्रह्मन्‌ पृथिवीं परिवर्तते,विप्रवर! सूर्यमण्डलमें मुझे यह ऐसा ही आश्चर्य दिखायी दिया था कि उज्छवृत्तिसे सिद्ध हुआ वह मनुष्य इच्छानुसार सिद्ध-गतिको प्राप्त हुआ। ब्रह्म! अब वह सूर्यके साथ रहकर समूची पृथ्वीकी परिक्रमा करता है

etādṛśāṁ janānāṁ yā uttamā gatir labhyate, tāṁ na devā na gandharvā na asurā na nāgā api prāpnuvanti. etad evaṁvidhaṁ dṛṣṭam āścaryaṁ tatra me dvija. saṁsiddho mānuṣaḥ karmaṇā yo 'sau siddhagatiṁ gataḥ. sūryeṇa sahito brahman pṛthivīṁ parivartate.

Such people attain a supreme destiny—one that neither gods, nor Gandharvas, nor Asuras, nor Nāgas can reach. O twice-born one, I witnessed there a wonder of this very kind: a human being, perfected through his conduct and deeds, attained the power of a ‘fulfilled course’ at will. O Brahmin, now, accompanying the Sun, he circles the entire earth—an emblem of how disciplined living can elevate a mortal beyond even celestial ranks.

etadthis (thing)
etad:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootetad
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
evam-vidhamof such a kind
evam-vidham:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootevamvidha
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
dṛṣṭamseen
dṛṣṭam:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś
Formkta (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular
āścaryama wonder
āścaryam:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootāścarya
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra
meto me / of me
me:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootasmad
Form—, genitive/dative, singular
dvijaO brahmin
dvija:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootdvija
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
saṁsiddhaḥfully accomplished
saṁsiddhaḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootsaṁsiddha
Formkta (past passive participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, singular
mānuṣaḥa man
mānuṣaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootmānuṣa
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
karmadeed; action
karma:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootkarman
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
yaḥwho
yaḥ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootyad
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
asauthat (person)
asau:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootasau
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
siddha-gatimthe perfected course/state
siddha-gatim:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootsiddhagati
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
gataḥgone; attained
gataḥ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootgam
Formkta (past active participle), masculine, nominative, singular
sūryeṇawith the Sun
sūryeṇa:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya
Formmasculine, instrumental, singular
sahitaḥaccompanied; together
sahitaḥ:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootsahita
Formkta (past passive participle used adjectivally), masculine, nominative, singular
brahmanO brahmin
brahman:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
pṛthivīmthe earth
pṛthivīm:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī
Formfeminine, accusative, singular
parivartategoes around; revolves
parivartate:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootpari-vṛt
Formpresent indicative, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada
vipra-varaO best of brahmins
vipra-vara:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootvipravara
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

सूर्य उवाच

S
Sūrya (the Sun)
D
dvija (Brahmin interlocutor)
D
devāḥ (gods)
G
gandharvāḥ
A
asurāḥ
N
nāgāḥ
P
pṛthivī (earth)
S
sūryamaṇḍala (solar orb/disc, implied by context)