Shloka 39

Śiva-nāmānukīrtana-prastāvaḥ

Prologue to the praise of Śiva and the Upamanyu testimony

Devanagari script

सावित्री ब्रह्म॒विद्या च ऋतवो वत्सरास्तथा । क्षणा लवा मुहूर्ताश्न निमेषा युगपर्यया:

Transliteration

sāvitrī brahmavidyā ca ṛtavo vatsarās tathā | kṣaṇā lavā muhūrtāś ca nimeṣā yugaparyayāḥ ||

Translation

സാവിത്രി, ബ്രഹ്മവിദ്യ, ഋതുക്കളും വർഷങ്ങളും; കൂടാതെ കാലമാപങ്ങൾ—ക്ഷണം, ലവം, മുഹൂർത്തം, നിമേഷം, യുഗപര്യായങ്ങൾ—ഇവയൊക്കെയും (അതിൽ) ഉൾപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī (the Gāyatrī/Sāvitrī mantra; personified)
• सावित्री: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मविद्या: knowledge of Brahman
• ब्रह्मविद्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मविद्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• ऋतवः: seasons
• ऋतवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वत्सराः: years
• वत्सराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वत्सर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• क्षणाः: moments
• क्षणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लवाः: instants (very small time-units)
• लवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मुहूर्ताः: muhūrtas (time-periods)
• मुहूर्ताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• निमेषाः: blinks (time-units)
• निमेषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमेष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• युगपर्ययाः: revolutions/turnings of yugas (cycles of ages)
• युगपर्ययाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगपर्यय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī mantra)
• Brahmavidyā
• Ṛtus (seasons)
• Vatsara (year)
• Kṣaṇa
• Lava
• Muhūrta
• Nimeṣa
• Yuga (cosmic age)