Shloka 33

Bhṛgu–Bharadvāja-saṃvāda: Vānaprastha-parivrājaka-ācāra, Abhaya-dharma, and Lokānāṃ Vibhāga (Śānti-parva 185)

Devanagari script

हस्वो दीर्घस्तथा स्थूलश्षतुरस्रो5णुवृत्तवान्‌

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca | hrasvo dīrghas tathā sthūlaś caturaśro 'ṇuvṛttavān | evaṃ ṣoḍaśa-vistāro jyotī-rūpa-guṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Bharadvāja dit : «Court et long, épais, à quatre angles, et aussi minuscule et arrondi : ainsi se souvient-on que la qualité appelée “forme lumineuse” se déploie en seize manifestations.»

Word by Word

• ह्रस्वः: short
• ह्रस्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ह्रस्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दीर्घः: long
• दीर्घः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीर्घ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• स्थूलः: thick/gross
• स्थूलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चतुरस्रः: four-sided/square
• चतुरस्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुरस्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुवृत्तवान्: rounded (having circularity all around)
• अनुवृत्तवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुवृत्तवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• षोडश-विस्तारः: having sixteenfold extension/variety
• षोडश-विस्तारः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडशविस्तार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्योति-रूप-गुणः: the quality called 'luminous form'
• ज्योति-रूप-गुणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिरूपगुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृतः: is said/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja