Shloka 58

Dīkṣā-bhedaḥ (Types of Initiation) — Lalitopākhyāna: Hayagrīva–Agastya Dialogue

Devanagari script

ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो वापि यावद्देहस्य धारणम् / तावद्वर्णाश्रमाचारः कर्तव्यः कर्ममुक्तये

Transliteration

jñānato 'jñānato vāpi yāvaddehasya dhāraṇam / tāvadvarṇāśramācāraḥ kartavyaḥ karmamuktaye

Translation

Qu’on agisse en connaissance ou dans l’ignorance, tant que l’on porte ce corps, il faut accomplir la conduite du varṇa et de l’āśrama, afin d’être délivré du karma.

Word by Word

• jñānataḥ: knowingly
• jñānataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• ajñānataḥ: unknowingly
• ajñānataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ajñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; समुच्चय/अपि-कारक निपात (particle: also/even)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: Avyaya; परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक (until/as long as)

• dehasya: of the body
• dehasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• dhāraṇam: the sustaining (of it)
• dhāraṇam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; क्रियानाम (act-noun)

• tāvat: so long (then)
• tāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; तावत्-शब्दः (correlative: then/so long)

• varṇa-āśrama-ācāraḥ: the conduct of varṇa and āśrama
• varṇa-āśrama-ācāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa + āśrama + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (varṇānām āśramāṇāṃ ca ācāraḥ)

• kartavyaḥ: must be performed
• kartavyaḥ: Vidhi (विधि/predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tavya (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kṛdanta (तव्यत्), Puṃliṅga, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done/ought to be done)

• karma-muktaye: for liberation from karma
• karma-muktaye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma + mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (karmasya muktiḥ)