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Shloka 9

देवतापितृप्रश्नः — Nārada at Badarīāśrama: the ultimate referent of daiva and pitṛ worship

अहःसु गण्यमानेषु क्षीयमाणे तथा55युषि | जीविते लिख्यमाने च किमुत्थाय न धावसि,तुम्हारी आयुके दिन गिने जा रहे हैं। आयु क्षीण होती जा रही है और जीवन मानो कहीं लिखा जा रहा है (समाप्त हो रहा है)। फिर तुम उठकर भागते क्‍यों नहीं हो? (शीघ्रतापूर्वक कर्तव्यपालनमें लग क्‍यों नहीं जाते हो?)

ahaḥsu gaṇyamāneṣu kṣīyamāṇe tathāyuṣi | jīvite likhyamāne ca kim utthāya na dhāvasi ||

ヴィヤーサは言った。「日々は数えられ、汝の寿命は絶えず削られてゆく――その命そのものが、終わりへ向けて書き留められ、勘定されているかのようだ――それなのに、なぜ立ち上がって走らぬのか。時が尽きる前に、なすべきことへ急がぬのか。」

अहःसुin the days
अहःसु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
गण्यमानेषुbeing counted
गण्यमानेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootगण्
Formशानच् (present passive participle), Neuter, Locative, Plural
क्षीयमाणेwhile (it is) diminishing
क्षीयमाणे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षि
Formशानच् (present passive participle), Neuter, Locative, Singular
तथाthus/likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
आयुषिin (one's) lifespan
आयुषि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआयुस्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
जीवितेin life / as life
जीविते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजीवित
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
लिख्यमानेbeing written/inscribed (i.e., being recorded/marked off)
लिख्यमाने:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootलिख्
Formशानच् (present passive participle), Neuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
किम्why
किम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिम्
Forminterrogative adverbial (why?)
उत्थायhaving risen / getting up
उत्थाय:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootउत्-स्था
Formक्त्वा-न्त (absolutive/gerund)
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
धावसिyou run / you hurry
धावसि:
TypeVerb
Rootधाव्
Formलट्, परस्मैपद, Second, Singular, Active

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa

Educational Q&A

Time relentlessly reduces one’s lifespan; therefore one should not remain idle or complacent. The verse urges immediate, energetic engagement in one’s dharma—right action and duty—before life is exhausted.

Vyāsa admonishes the listener with a vivid image: days are being counted, life is diminishing, and one’s remaining life is as if being recorded toward its end. He presses the hearer to ‘rise and run’—to act promptly and responsibly rather than delay.