Shanti Parva Adhyaya 318 Shloka 41 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

Shloka 41

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

कस्तपा अतपाः प्रोक्त: को5सौ पुरुष उच्यते । तपास्तु प्रकृति प्राहुरतपा निष्कल: स्मृत:

Translation

‘ಕ’, ‘ತಪಾ’, ‘ಅತಪಾ’ ಕುರಿತು ಕೇಳಿದ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆಗೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಇದು—‘ಕ’ ಎಂಬುದು ಪುರುಷನ ನಾಮ. ‘ತಪಾ’ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಯ ಹೆಸರು; ನಿಷ್ಕಲ ಪುರುಷನೇ ‘ಅತಪಾ’ ಎಂದು ಸ್ಮರಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

कःwho?

तपाTapa (name/term: 'tapa')

अतपाःAtapa (name/term: 'atapa')

प्रोक्तःis said/declared

कःwho?

असौthat (person/one)

पुरुषःperson; Purusha

उच्यतेis called

तपाःtapas / 'tapa' (as a class/term)

तुbut/indeed

प्रकृतिम्Prakriti; nature

प्राहुःthey have said / they call

अतपाAtapa (term/name)

निष्कलःpartless; without portions

स्मृतःis remembered/considered

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes