Shloka 21
Adhyaya 70: आदिसर्गः—महत्-अहङ्कार-तन्मात्रा-भूतसृष्टिः, ब्रह्माण्डावरणम्, प्रजासर्गः, त्रिमूर्ति-शैवाधिष्ठानम्
Devanagari script
साक्षात्सर्वं विजानाति महात्मा तेन चेश्वरः यस्माज्ज्ञानानुगश्चैव प्रज्ञा तेन स उच्यते
Transliteration
sākṣātsarvaṃ vijānāti mahātmā tena ceśvaraḥ yasmājjñānānugaścaiva prajñā tena sa ucyate
Translation
जो महात्मा साक्षात् समस्त तत्त्वों को जानता है, वही कारण से वह ‘ईश्वर’ कहलाता है। और जिसकी प्रज्ञा सत्य-ज्ञान के अनुगामी रहती है, वह प्रज्ञावान् कहा जाता है॥
Word by Word
sākṣātdirectly, in immediate realization
sākṣāt:
sarvamall (tattvas/realities)
sarvam:
vijānātiknows distinctly
vijānāti:
mahātmāthe great-souled one
mahātmā:
tenaby that (reason/quality)
tena:
caand
ca:
īśvaraḥLord/master (one with lordly mastery)
īśvaraḥ:
yasmātbecause
yasmāt:
jñāna-anugaḥfollowing/grounded in true knowledge
jñāna-anugaḥ:
ca evaindeed
ca eva:
prajñāhigher discernment, lucid wisdom
prajñā:
tenatherefore
tena:
saḥhe
saḥ:
ucyateis called/said
ucyate:
Speaker
Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya; internal teaching context on jñāna and prajñā)