Shloka 54

Udīcī-diśi Tīrtha-kīrtana

Northern Sacred Places Enumeration

Devanagari script

जो वेदवेत्ता और अध्यात्मशास्त्रके विद्वान्‌ ब्राह्मण हैं, वे परमात्मा श्रीकृष्णको ही सनातन धर्मरूप बताते हैं

Transliteration

ye vedavettāraḥ adhyātmaśāstra-vidaḥ brāhmaṇāḥ, te paramātmānaṃ śrīkṛṣṇam eva sanātana-dharma-rūpaṃ vadanti

Translation

Dhaumya said: “Those Brahmins who truly know the Vedas and are learned in the science of the Self declare that the Supreme Self—Śrī Kṛṣṇa alone—is the very embodiment of the eternal Dharma.”

Word by Word

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: yad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• vedavettāraḥ: knowers of the Veda
• vedavettāraḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda-vettṛ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• adhyātmaśāstravidvāṃsaḥ: learned in the science of the Self (spiritual doctrine)
• adhyātmaśāstravidvāṃsaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhyātma-śāstra-vidvas
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• brāhmaṇāḥ: Brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• te: they
• te: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• paramātmānam: the Supreme Self
• paramātmānam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: paramātman
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• śrīkṛṣṇam: Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• śrīkṛṣṇam: Karma
• Type: ProperNoun
• Root: śrī-kṛṣṇa
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• eva: indeed/alone
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• sanātanadharmarūpam: as the form/embodiment of the eternal dharma
• sanātanadharmarūpam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sanātana-dharma-rūpa
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• vadanti: say/declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धौम्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• धौम्य (Dhaumya)
• परमात्मा (Paramātmā)
• श्रीकृष्ण (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇas)
• वेद (Veda)
• अध्यात्मशास्त्र (Adhyātmaśāstra)
• सनातन धर्म (Sanātana Dharma)