Shloka 37
Mind as Charioteer; Kṣetrajña, Tapas, and Dhyāna-Yoga
Adhyātma-Upadeśa
Devanagari script
बीजधर्मिण इत्याहु: प्रसव॑ च प्रकुर्वते । विशेषा: पञ्चभूतानां तेषां चित्तं विशेषणम्,उन पाँचो भूतोंके विशेष कार्य शब्द आदि विषय हैं। उन विषयोंका प्रवर्तक चित्त है
Transliteration
bījadharmiṇa ity āhuḥ prasavaṃ ca prakurvate | viśeṣāḥ pañcabhūtānāṃ teṣāṃ cittaṃ viśeṣaṇam ||
Translation
Vāyu said: “They are called ‘seed-bearing’ because they bring forth generation. The five great elements have their own specific functions—such as sound and the other sense-objects—and it is the mind (citta) that sets those objects into operation and gives them their determinate character.”
Word by Word
बीजधर्मिणःhaving the nature of seed (seed-bearing)
बीजधर्मिणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootबीजधर्मिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
प्रसवम्production, generation
प्रसवम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रसव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
प्रकुर्वतेthey bring about, they produce
प्रकुर्वते:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + कृ
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
विशेषाःparticular qualities, specific features
विशेषाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविशेष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पञ्चभूतानाम्of the five elements
पञ्चभूतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपञ्चभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
चित्तम्mind, consciousness
चित्तम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootचित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
विशेषणम्the differentiator; that which specifies
विशेषणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootविशेषण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
Vāyu (Vāyudeva)P
pañca-bhūta (five great elements)C
citta (mind)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes