Shloka 18

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

अव्यक्ताय सुसूक्ष्माय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने । स एष पुरुषव्याघत्र पीतवासा जनार्दन:

Transliteration

avyaktāya susūkṣmāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane | sa eṣa puruṣavyāghra pītavāsā janārdanaḥ ||

Translation

Kepada Yang Tak-Termanifest, Yang amat halus, Yang tanpa sifat namun menjadi landasan segala sifat—Dialah Janārdana itu, wahai harimau di antara manusia, yang berbusana kuning.

Word by Word

• अव्यक्ताय: to the unmanifest
• अव्यक्ताय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• सुसूक्ष्माय: to the very subtle
• सुसूक्ष्माय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुसूक्ष्म
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• निर्गुणाय: to the attributeless
• निर्गुणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्गुण
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• गुणात्मने: to the one whose essence is (the) guṇas
• गुणात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Noun (used adjectivally)
• Root: गुणात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषव्याघ्र: O tiger among men
• Type: Noun (vocative)
• Root: पुरुषव्याघ्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पीतवासा: the yellow-robed one
• पीतवासा: Karta
• Type: Adjective (used as noun/epithet)
• Root: पीतवस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana (Krishna/Vishnu)
• जनार्दनः: Karta
• Type: Noun (proper epithet)
• Root: जनार्दन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• pītavāsa (yellow garment)