Shloka 46

Naimiṣa-satra Praśna–Prativacana

The Sages’ Questions at Naimiṣa and Sūta’s Reply

Devanagari script

एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तमाख्यानं द्विजसत्तमाः / ऋषीणां च परं चैतल्लोकतत्त्वमनुत्तमम्

Transliteration

etatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttamākhyānaṃ dvijasattamāḥ / ṛṣīṇāṃ ca paraṃ caitallokatattvamanuttamam

Translation

最勝の二度生まれ（ドヴィジャ）たちよ、これはすべて起こったとおりの物語である。しかもこれは聖仙（リシ）たちの至高の教え、世の真理として無上のもの。

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन), demonstrative pronoun

• sarvam: all/entire
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• yathā-vṛttam: as it occurred
• yathā-vṛttam: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vṛtta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyayībhāva (अव्ययीभाव) adverbial compound; used adverbially ‘as it happened’

• ākhyānam: narration/account
• ākhyānam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākhyāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• dvija-sattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘best among twice-born’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ṛṣīṇām: of the sages
• ṛṣīṇām: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• param: supreme/highest
• param: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• etat: this
• etat: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• loka-tattvam: the truth/principle of the world
• loka-tattvam: Samānādhikaraṇa (समानाधिकरण/Predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + tattva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘principle of the world’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

• anuttamam: unsurpassed
• anuttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anuttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)