Shloka 8

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

ततो विददह्ुमानोऊहं प्रविष्टो5म्भस्तदानघ । अविज्ञानादमर्षाच्च भास्करस्य महात्मन:

Transliteration

tato vidadahumāno ’haṁ praviṣṭo ’mbhas tadānagha | avijñānād amarṣāc ca bhāskarasya mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

そののち、罪なき者よ、私は内なる熱に焼かれ、水の中へと身を沈めた。その時、気高きバースカラの偉大さを知らず、また己の内に忍耐と自制を欠いていたがゆえに、私は激しい苦しみに襲われた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः
• Form: Avyaya

• विदह्यमानः: being burnt, burning
• विदह्यमानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) / विदह्यमान (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (present passive participle)

• ऊहं: conjecture, reasoning, supposition
• ऊहं: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रविष्टः: having entered
• प्रविष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) / प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular (past active participle)

• अम्भः: water
• अम्भः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्भस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तदा: at that time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा
• Form: Avyaya

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अविज्ञानात्: from ignorance, due to not knowing
• अविज्ञानात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अविज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अमर्षात्: from intolerance, from impatience
• अमर्षात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya

• भास्करस्य: of Bhāskara (the Sun / a great one named Bhāskara)
• भास्करस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled one
• महात्मनः: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• निष्पाप: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Bhāskara (Sun / a great-souled figure named Bhāskara)
• Water (ambhas)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ignorance of another’s true greatness and the absence of forbearance lead to needless suffering; ethical maturity requires understanding (jñāna) and patience (kṣamā/amarṣa-tyāga).

What is happening in the narrative?

Yājñavalkya describes a moment of intense distress—feeling as if burning—after which he enters water; he attributes his suffering to not recognizing Bhāskara’s greatness and to his own intolerance.