Shloka 22
Doṣa-Parīkṣā and Guṇa-Viveka
Examination of Faults and Discernment of the Guṇas
Devanagari script
यथा पज्च विमुक्तानि इन्द्रियाणि स्वकर्मभि: । तथा हि परमं ब्रह्म विमुक्तं प्रकृते: परम्,जैसे पाँचों इन्द्रियाँ अपने कार्यरूप शब्द आदि गुणोंसे भिन्न हैं, उसी प्रकार परब्रह्म परमात्मा भी प्रकृतिसे सर्वथा परे है
Transliteration
yathā pañca vimuktāni indriyāṇi svakarmabhiḥ | tathā hi paramaṃ brahma vimuktaṃ prakṛteḥ param ||
Translation
ビーシュマは言った。「五つの感官が、それぞれの働き――音などの感覚対象――とは別であるように、至上のブラフマン、最高我もまた、プラクリティ（物質自然）から全く解き放たれ、それを超えている。」
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
पञ्चfive
पञ्च:
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च
FormGender: (all); Case: Nominative; Number: Plural (agreeing with इन्द्रियाणि)
विमुक्तानिseparated, detached, freed
विमुक्तानि:
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुक्त
FormGender: Neuter; Case: Nominative; Number: Plural
इन्द्रियाणिsense-organs
इन्द्रियाणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्रिय
FormGender: Neuter; Case: Nominative; Number: Plural
स्वकर्मभिःby/with their own functions (objects/operations)
स्वकर्मभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्वकर्म
FormGender: Neuter; Case: Instrumental; Number: Plural
तथाso, in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
परम्supreme
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormGender: Neuter; Case: Nominative/Accusative; Number: Singular (agreeing with ब्रह्म)
ब्रह्मBrahman (the Absolute)
ब्रह्म:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormGender: Neuter; Case: Nominative; Number: Singular
विमुक्तम्free, detached
विमुक्तम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootविमुक्त
FormGender: Neuter; Case: Nominative/Accusative; Number: Singular (agreeing with ब्रह्म)
प्रकृतेःfrom Prakriti / of Prakriti
प्रकृतेः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रकृति
FormGender: Feminine; Case: Ablative/Genitive; Number: Singular
परम्beyond, higher than
परम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootपरम
FormGender: Neuter; Case: Nominative/Accusative; Number: Singular (predicative with ब्रह्म)
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaB
BrahmanP
PrakritiF
five indriyas (sense-faculties)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes