Shloka 50

जनक–सुलभा संवादः

Janaka–Sulabhā Dialogue on Mokṣa and Non-attachment

Devanagari script

अज्ञानसागरो घोरो हाव्यक्तोड्गाध उच्यते । अहन्यहनि मज्जन्ति यत्र भूतानि भारत,भरतनन्दन! अज्ञानरूपी समुद्र अव्यक्त, अगाध और भयंकर बताया जाता है। इसमें असंख्य प्राणी प्रतिदिन गोते खाते रहते हैं

Transliteration

ajñānasāgaro ghoro hy avyaktodgāḍha ucyate | ahany ahani majjanti yatra bhūtāni bhārata ||

Translation

Dijo Bhīṣma: «El océano de la ignorancia se describe como terrible—no manifestado e insondablemente profundo. En él, oh Bharata, los seres se zambullen y se hunden día tras día.»

Word by Word

• अज्ञान-सागरः: ocean of ignorance
• अज्ञान-सागरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज्ञान-सागर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घोरः: terrible, dreadful
• घोरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अव्यक्तः: unmanifest, indistinct
• अव्यक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अगाधः: unfathomable, very deep
• अगाधः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अगाध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यते: is said/called
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• अहनि: in a day
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अहनि: in a day
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मज्जन्ति: sink, plunge (dive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मज्ज्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• भूतानि: beings, creatures
• भूतानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भरत-नन्दन: O delight of Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत-नन्दन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)
• ajñāna-sāgara (the ocean of ignorance)