Shloka 23

Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati

Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal

Devanagari script

अनाट्य॑ तत्परं ब्रह्म न देवा नर्षयो विदुः । एकस्तदू वेद भगवान्‌ धाता नारायण: प्रभु:,वह परब्रह्म अनादि और सबसे परे है। उसे न देवता जानते हैं न ऋषि। उसे तो एकमात्र जगत्पालक नारायण ही जानते हैं

Transliteration

anāṭyaṁ tat-paraṁ brahma na devā na ṛṣayo viduḥ | ekas tad eva veda bhagavān dhātā nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: Ese Brahman supremo—sin comienzo, más allá de toda manifestación y enteramente trascendente—no es conocido ni siquiera por los dioses ni por los rishis. Sólo el Señor, el Creador y Protector del mundo, Nārāyaṇa, lo conoce en verdad.

Word by Word

• अनाट्यम्: not to be acted/imitated; beyond representation
• अनाट्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनाट्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme, highest
• परम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• न: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ऋषयः: the sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विदुः: know
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural

• एकः: one (alone)
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (Brahman)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उ: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

• वेद: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धाता: the Creator, Sustainer
• धाता: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धातृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नारायणः: Narayana
• नारायणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रभुः: the Lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahman
• Devas
• Rishis
• Dhata
• Narayana