Shloka 24

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

अन्नपानानि जीर्यन्ते यत्र भक्षाश्न भक्षिता: | तस्मिन्नेवोदरे गर्भ: कि नान्नमिव जीर्यते

Transliteration

annapānāni jīryante yatra bhakṣāśna bhakṣitāḥ | tasminnevōdare garbhaḥ kiṃ nānnam iva jīryate ||

Translation

Dijo Nārada: «La comida y la bebida se digieren en el mismo lugar donde el que come consume lo comido. En ese mismo vientre habita un feto: ¿por qué no se digiere como el alimento ordinario?»

Word by Word

• अन्नपानानि: foods and drinks
• अन्नपानानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नपान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• जीर्यन्ते: are digested
• Type: Verb
• Root: जॄ (जीर्यति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

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

• भक्षाः: eatables/foods
• भक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्नन्ति: eat
• Type: Verb
• Root: अश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भक्षिताः: having been eaten / eaten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ष्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• उदरे: in the belly
• उदरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गर्भः: the fetus/embryo
• गर्भः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• किम्: why? / how?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• जीर्यते: is digested
• Type: Verb
• Root: जॄ (जीर्यति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• garbha (fetus/embryo)
• udara (belly/womb)