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Shloka 3

Vyādha–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Śāpa, Vṛtta-Dharma, and Counsel Against Viṣāda

Grief

प्रत्यक्षमिह विप्रषें देवा दृश्यन्ति सत्तम | सूर्याचन्द्रमसौ वायु: पृथिवी वदह्निरेव च,“भगवन! श्रेष्ठ ब्रह्मर्ष] इस जगत्‌में सूर्य, चन्द्रमा, वायु, पृथिवी, अग्नि, पिता, माता और गुरु--ये प्रत्यक्ष देवता दिखायी देते हैं। भूगुनन्दन! इसके सिवा अन्य जो देवतारूपसे स्थापित देवविग्रह हैं, वे भी प्रत्यक्ष देवताओंकी ही कोटियें हैं"

pratyakṣam iha vipraṛṣe devā dṛśyante sattama | sūryācandramasau vāyuḥ pṛthivī vahnir eva ca |

Vaiśampāyana said: “O best of the virtuous, O brahmarṣi—here in this very world the gods are seen directly: the Sun and the Moon, the Wind, the Earth, and Fire.” The statement frames dharma in concrete terms: reverence is due first to the immediately sustaining powers of life and order, not merely to remote or imagined divinities.

pratyakṣamdirectly, before the eyes
pratyakṣam:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootpratyakṣa
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
ihahere, in this world
iha:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiha
vipra-ṛṣeO brahmin-sage
vipra-ṛṣe:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootvipra-ṛṣi
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
devāḥgods, deities
devāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootdeva
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
dṛśyanteare seen, appear
dṛśyante:
Kriya
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś
FormLat, Present, Atmanepada, 3rd, Plural, Passive (impersonal sense: 'are seen')
sattamaO best of the good
sattama:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootsat-tama
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
sūryaḥthe Sun
sūryaḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
candramāḥthe Moon
candramāḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootcandramas
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
vāyuḥwind
vāyuḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootvāyu
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
pṛthivīearth
pṛthivī:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootpṛthivī
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
vāhniḥfire
vāhniḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootvahni
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
evaindeed, just
eva:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva
caand
ca:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
S
Sūrya (Sun)
C
Candramas (Moon)
V
Vāyu (Wind)
P
Pṛthivī (Earth)
V
Vahni/Agni (Fire)