Shloka 11

अध्याय १६ — शङ्कर-उमा-वरदानम् तथा तण्डि-स्तुतिः (Śaṅkara–Umā Boon-Granting and Taṇḍi’s Hymn)

Devanagari script

यः प्राणवन्तमात्मानं ज्योतिर्जीवस्थितं मन: । त॑ देवं दर्शनाकाड्क्षी बहून्‌ वर्षमणानूषि:

Transliteration

yaḥ prāṇavantaṃ ātmānaṃ jyotir-jīva-sthitaṃ manaḥ | taṃ devaṃ darśanākāṅkṣī bahūn varṣam anūṣiḥ ||

Translation

വായു പറഞ്ഞു—“ആരാണോ തന്റെ ഉള്ളിൽ പ്രാണവത്തായ ആത്മാവിനെ—ജീവജ്യോതിയിൽ സ്ഥാപിതമായ മനസ്സിനെ—അറിയുന്നത്, അവൻ ആ ദൈവതത്ത്വത്തിന്റെ ദർശനം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നു; ആ ആഗ്രഹത്തിന്റെ താങ്ങിൽ അവൻ അനേകം വർഷങ്ങൾ നിലകൊള്ളുന്നു.”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राणवन्तम्: endowed with life/breath
• प्राणवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राणवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: the Self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ज्योतिः: light
• ज्योतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जीवस्थितम्: abiding in living beings
• जीवस्थितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीव-स्थित
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देवम्: god; the divine one
• देवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दर्शन-आकाङ्क्षी: desiring to see (him)
• दर्शन-आकाङ्क्षी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाङ्क्षिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वर्ष-शतानि: hundreds of years
• वर्ष-शतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष-शत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अनूषित्: dwelt; lived (for)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (उष्/वस्) + अनु
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyudeva)
• आत्मन् (Ātman)
• मनस् (Manas)
• प्राण (Prāṇa)
• देव (Deva)