Shloka 135

Yoga-Sleep, Cosmic Dissolution, and the Lotus of Creation

with Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision

Devanagari script

परस्त्रिवर्गओंकारः परमात्मप्रदर्शनः । एवमादिपुराणं च वदतेमां महामते

Transliteration

parastrivargaoṃkāraḥ paramātmapradarśanaḥ | evamādipurāṇaṃ ca vadatemāṃ mahāmate

Translation

ત્રિવર્ગથી પરે રહેલો પવિત્ર ઓંકાર પરમાત્માનું દર્શન કરાવે છે. હે મહામતે! એ જ રીતે મને પણ આદિપુરાણનું વર્ણન કહો.

Word by Word

• paraḥ: supreme
• paraḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); used adjectivally

• tri-vargaḥ: the triad (threefold group)
• tri-vargaḥ: Pradhāna-nāma (प्रथमा-सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: ‘trayaḥ vargāḥ’ (the threefold group)

• oṃkāraḥ: the syllable Oṃ
• oṃkāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: oṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• paramātma-pradarśanaḥ: revealing the Supreme Self
• paramātma-pradarśanaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama-ātman (प्रातिपदिक) + pradarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘paramātmanaḥ pradarśanaḥ’ (revealer of the Supreme Self)

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

• ādi-purāṇam: the primordial Purāṇa
• ādi-purāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: ‘ādi (prathama) purāṇam’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय)

• vadate: speaks/tells
• vadate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vad (धातु)
• Form: Present (लट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)

• mām: to me / me
• mām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• mahā-mate: O great-minded one
• mahā-mate: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + mati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); कर्मधारय: ‘mahā matiḥ yasya’ (O great-minded one)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual dialogue speaker not provided in the input)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: tri-varga oṃkāraḥ: trivargaoṃkāraḥ (a+o). ādi-purāṇam: ādipurāṇaṃ (m→ṃ before c). vadate mām: vadatemāṃ (e+m).

Characters & Entities

• Oṁ (Oṃkāra)
• Paramātman

FAQs

What does this verse say about Oṁ (Oṃkāra)?

It describes Oṁ as transcending the tri-varga (dharma, artha, kāma) and as a direct indicator that reveals the Paramātman (Supreme Self).

What is meant by ‘tri-varga’ here?

Tri-varga refers to the three conventional human aims—dharma (duty/ethics), artha (prosperity), and kāma (desire/pleasure)—which are portrayed as surpassed by the spiritual realization signified by Oṁ.

Why does the verse ask to ‘speak of the Ādi-purāṇa’?

It functions as a request within the ongoing discourse: after stating Oṁ’s supreme revelatory role, the speaker asks the interlocutor to narrate the primeval Purāṇic account (Ādi-purāṇa) in the same spirit of higher truth.