Shloka 58

Dīkṣā-bhedaḥ (Types of Initiation) — Lalitopākhyāna: Hayagrīva–Agastya Dialogue

Devanagari script

ज्ञानतो ऽज्ञानतो वापि यावद्देहस्य धारणम् / तावद्वर्णाश्रमाचारः कर्तव्यः कर्ममुक्तये

Transliteration

jñānato 'jñānato vāpi yāvaddehasya dhāraṇam / tāvadvarṇāśramācāraḥ kartavyaḥ karmamuktaye

Translation

知って行うにせよ知らずにせよ、この身を保つかぎり、業からの解脱のためにヴァルナとアーシュラマの作法を行ずべきである。

Word by Word

• jñānataḥ: knowingly
• jñānataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• ajñānataḥ: unknowingly
• ajñānataḥ: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ajñāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; समुच्चय/अपि-कारक निपात (particle: also/even)

• yāvat: as long as
• yāvat: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: Avyaya; परिमाण/अवधि-बोधक (until/as long as)

• dehasya: of the body
• dehasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• dhāraṇam: the sustaining (of it)
• dhāraṇam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (काल-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; क्रियानाम (act-noun)

• tāvat: so long (then)
• tāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/correlative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; तावत्-शब्दः (correlative: then/so long)

• varṇa-āśrama-ācāraḥ: the conduct of varṇa and āśrama
• varṇa-āśrama-ācāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṇa + āśrama + ācāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (varṇānām āśramāṇāṃ ca ācāraḥ)

• kartavyaḥ: must be performed
• kartavyaḥ: Vidhi (विधि/predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + tavya (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: Kṛdanta (तव्यत्), Puṃliṅga, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done/ought to be done)

• karma-muktaye: for liberation from karma
• karma-muktaye: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karma + mukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (karmasya muktiḥ)