Shloka 19

Śukasya Janma-yoga-phalaṁ — Vyāsasya Tapasā Putrārthaḥ (Śānti-parva 310)

Devanagari script

मनसस्तु समुद्भधूता महा भूता नराधिप । चतुर्थ सर्गमित्येतन्मानसं विद्धि मे मतम्‌,राजन! मनसे पाँच सूक्ष्म महाभूत उत्पन्न हुए हैं। यह चौथा सर्ग है। मेरे मतके अनुसार इसे मानसी सृष्टि समझो

Transliteration

manasastu samudbhūtā mahābhūtā narādhipa | caturthaḥ sarga ity etan mānasaṃ viddhi me matam, rājan ||

Translation

याज्ञवल्क्य बोले—नराधिप! मन से महाभूत उत्पन्न होते हैं। यह चौथा सर्ग है; मेरे मत में इसे मानसी (मनोज) सृष्टि समझो।

Word by Word

• manasaḥ: from the mind
• manasaḥ: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• tu: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• samudbhūtāḥ: arisen/produced
• samudbhūtāḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samudbhūta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• mahābhūtāḥ: the great elements
• mahābhūtāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahābhūta
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• narādhipa: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narādhipa
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• caturthaḥ: fourth
• caturthaḥ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturtha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• sargaḥ: creation/emanation
• sargaḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarga
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• iti: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti

• etat: this
• etat: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: etat
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• mānasam: mental/of the mind
• mānasam: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• viddhi: know (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• me: of me/my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• matam: opinion/view
• matam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: mata
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• rājan: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Narādhipa (the king addressed)
• Mahābhūtas (great elements)
• Manas (mind)