Shloka 23

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

हस्त्यश्वरथसंकीर्ण नरनारीसमाकुलम्‌ । पश्यन्नपश्यन्निव तत्‌ समतिक्रामदच्युत:

Translation

そこは象と馬と戦車で埋まり、数知れぬ男女が行き交っていた。だが、つねに規矩を失わぬシュカは、それらを見ながらも見ぬがごとく、そこを越えてなお前へと進んだ。

Word by Word

• हस्त्यश्वरथसंकीर्णम्: crowded with elephants, horses, and chariots
• हस्त्यश्वरथसंकीर्णम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्ति + अश्व + रथ + संकीर्ण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नरनारीसमाकुलम्: thronged with men and women
• नरनारीसमाकुलम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नर + नारी + समाकुल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपश्यन्: not seeing
• अपश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तत्: that (place/scene)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• समतिक्रामत्: passing beyond, crossing over
• समतिक्रामत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अति + क्रम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अच्युतः: the unfallen one (Acyuta)
• अच्युतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अच्युत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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