Shloka 10

अध्वर्यु–यति संवादः

Adhvaryu–Yati Dialogue on Svabhāva, Ahiṃsā, and Mokṣa

Devanagari script

सूर्य चक्षु्दिश: श्रीत्रं प्राणोडस्य दिवमेव च । आगमगमे वर्तमानस्य न मे दोषो5स्ति कश्षन,“नेत्र सूर्यमें, कान दिशाओंमें और प्राण आकाशमें ही लयको प्राप्त होगा। शास्त्रकी आज्ञाके अनुसार बर्ताव करनेवाले मुझको कोई दोष नहीं लगेगा'

Transliteration

sūrye cakṣuḥ diśaḥ śrotraṃ prāṇo 'kāśe divam eva ca | āgamāgame vartamānasya na me doṣo 'sti kaścana ||

Translation

The brāhmaṇa said: “My sight will merge into the Sun, my hearing into the directions, and my vital breath into the sky—indeed, into the heavenly expanse itself. Since I conduct myself in accordance with the scriptural injunctions and established tradition, no fault attaches to me.”

Word by Word

सूर्येin the sun

चक्षुःthe eye

दिशःin the directions

श्रोत्रम्the ear

प्राणःthe vital breath

आकाशेin the sky/space

एवindeed/only

चand

आगमागमेin scripture and tradition (lit. in the two: āgama and āgama)

वर्तमानस्यof (one) acting/abiding (according to)

नnot

मेof me / to me

दोषःfault/blame

अस्तिis/exists

कश्चनany (at all)

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

ब

ब्राह्मण (Brāhmaṇa)

स

सूर्य (Sūrya, the Sun)

द

दिशः (the directions/quarters)

आ

आकाश (Ākāśa, sky/ether)

द

दिव (Diva, heaven)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes