Shloka 71

Womb-Suffering and the Path to Liberation

Dialogue of Wisdom, Meditation, and Discernment

Devanagari script

सर्वदृक्सर्वगो व्यापी सर्वतत्त्वपरायणः । संदेहानां च सर्वेषां यो रिपुर्ज्ञानवत्सलः

Transliteration

sarvadṛksarvago vyāpī sarvatattvaparāyaṇaḥ | saṃdehānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ yo ripurjñānavatsalaḥ

Translation

He is the all-seeing, all-pervading Lord, present everywhere, devoted to the highest truth; the foe of every doubt, yet tender toward true knowledge.

Word by Word

• सर्वदृक्: all-seeing
• सर्वदृक्: Karta (Descriptive of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + दृश् (धातु) → दृक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वं पश्यति इति), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण

• सर्वगः: all-pervading; going everywhere
• सर्वगः: Karta (Descriptive of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वत्र गच्छति/स्थितः), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण

• व्यापी: pervading
• व्यापी: Karta (Descriptive of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण

• सर्वतत्त्वपरायणः: devoted to all principles/realities
• सर्वतत्त्वपरायणः: Karta (Descriptive of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-तत्त्व-परायण (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + तत्त्व + परायण)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वेषु तत्त्वेषु परायणः), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण

• संदेहानाम्: of doubts
• संदेहानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter); विशेषण (संदेहानाम्)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• रिपुः: enemy; destroyer
• रिपुः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; यः इत्यस्य विशेष्य/समनाधिकरण

• ज्ञानवत्सलः: fond of knowledge; loving wisdom
• ज्ञानवत्सलः: Karta (Descriptive of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञान + वत्सल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (ज्ञाने वत्सलः/ज्ञानं प्रियं यस्य), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (verse excerpt; speaker not identifiable from the single śloka alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: सर्वदृक्सर्वगः = सर्वदृक् + सर्वगः; रिपुर्ज्ञानवत्सलः = रिपुः + ज्ञानवत्सलः

FAQs

Who is described as all-seeing and all-pervading in this verse?

The verse praises the Supreme Lord (Īśvara/Bhagavān) as omniscient and omnipresent—one who pervades all and abides in the highest truth.

What does it mean that he is the “enemy of all doubts” (saṃdehānāṃ ripuḥ)?

It means the divine principle dispels uncertainty through right understanding—removing confusion that obstructs dharma, devotion, and clear knowledge.

How does the verse connect doubt-destruction with love for knowledge (jñānavatsalaḥ)?

It presents knowledge as something the Lord favors and nurtures; thus, doubts are not merely punished but dissolved by fostering insight and truthful discernment.