Shloka 10

Saṃsāra-mārga-vistaraḥ

Vidura’s Expanded Account of the Path

Devanagari script

शब्दरूपरसस्पर्शर्गन्चैश्ष विविधैरपि । मज्जमांसमहापड्के निरालम्बे समन्ततः

Transliteration

śabdarūparasasparśagandhaiś ca vividhair api | majjamāṃsamahāpaṅke nirālambhe samantataḥ ||

Translation

Vidura says: Even amid the many varieties of sound, form, taste, touch, and smell, one finds oneself sunk in a vast mire of marrow and flesh—everywhere without support.

Word by Word

• शब्द: by sounds
• शब्द: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• रूप: by forms
• रूप: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• रस: by tastes
• रस: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• स्पर्श: by touches
• स्पर्श: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• गन्धैः: by smells
• गन्धैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

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

• एषु: in these
• एषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• विविधैः: by various (kinds)
• विविधैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मज्ज: in marrow
• मज्ज: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मज्जा
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• मांस: in flesh
• मांस: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महापङ्के: in the great mire
• महापङ्के: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महापङ्क
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• निरालम्बे: in (that which is) supportless
• निरालम्बे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरालम्ब
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• समन्ततः: on all sides/everywhere
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• the five sense-objects (sound, form, taste, touch, smell)
• body (marrow and flesh)