Shloka 26

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

आदित्यानदितिर्ऊज्ञेि देवश्रेष्ठानू महाबलान्‌ | तेषां विष्णुर्वामनो5भूद्‌ गोविन्दश्वा भवत्‌ प्रभु:

Transliteration

ādityān aditir ūje devāśreṣṭhān mahābalān | teṣāṃ viṣṇur vāmano 'bhūd govindaś ca bhavat prabhuḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「アディティはその神なる威力によって、神々の中でも最勝にして大いなる力を備えたアーディティヤたちを生み出した。そのアーディティヤのうちに、遍く行き渡る主ヴィシュヌ自らが、ヴァーマナの姿として顕現した。彼こそゴーヴィンダ、至上の主宰である。」

Word by Word

• आदित्यान्: the Ādityas
• आदित्यान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अदितिः: Aditi
• अदितिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदिति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उज्जज्ञे: gave birth (was born/produced)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (जायते)
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• देवश्रेष्ठान्: best among the gods
• देवश्रेष्ठान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देवश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• महाबलान्: very mighty
• महाबलान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तेषाम्: of them (among them)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वामनः: Vāmana (the dwarf form)
• वामनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: became / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गोविन्दः: Govinda
• गोविन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अभवत्: was / became
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रभुः: the Lord/master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Aditi
• Ādityas
• Viṣṇu
• Vāmana
• Govinda