Shloka 11
Devanagari script
आश्चर्याणामिवाश्वर्यमिदमेकं तु मे शूणु । विमले यन्मया दृष्टमम्बरे सूर्यसंश्रयात्
Transliteration
Āścaryāṇām ivāścaryam idam ekaṃ tu me śṛṇu | vimale yan mayā dṛṣṭam ambare sūrya-saṃśrayāt ||
Translation
「数ある驚異の中でも、わたしからこのただ一つの至高の驚異を聞け。太陽を拠り所として、汚れなき天空においてわたし自身が目撃したことを語ろう。」
Word by Word
आश्चर्याणाम्of wonders
आश्चर्याणाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
इवas if/like
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आश्चर्यम्a wonder
आश्चर्यम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआश्चर्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
एकम्one/single
एकम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
मेmy/of me
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
शृणुhear/listen
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
विमलेin the clear/pure
विमले:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootविमल
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यत्which/that (thing)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
दृष्टम्seen
दृष्टम्:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormPast Passive Participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative, Singular
अम्बरेin the sky
अम्बरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअम्बर
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
सूर्यof the sun
सूर्य:
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
संश्रयात्from reliance/support (on)
संश्रयात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootसंश्रय
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
Speaker
नाग उवाच
Characters & Entities
N
Nāga (speaker)S
Sūrya (the Sun)A
Ambara (the sky/firmament)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The speaker frames ethical instruction through credible testimony: true insight is presented as something directly witnessed and carefully referenced (here, ‘with the sun as support’), encouraging attentive listening and disciplined perception rather than mere hearsay.
A Nāga begins a didactic account by announcing that, among many marvels, he will relate one exceptional wonder he personally saw in the clear sky, using the sun as the point of reference for what he observed.