Shloka 13

Bhakti–Akṣara-Upāsanā-Viveka

Devotion to the Personal vs. Contemplation of the Imperishable

Devanagari script

तेषामेवानुकम्पार्थमहमज्ञानजं तमः । नाशयाम्यात्मभावस्थो ज्ञानदीपेन भास्वताः

Transliteration

teṣām evānukampārtham aham ajñānajaṁ tamaḥ | nāśayāmy ātmabhāvastho jñānadīpena bhāsvatā ||

Translation

അവർക്കു മാത്രമായി കരുണ കാണിക്കാനായി, അവരുടെ ആത്മഭാവത്തിൽ അധിവസിക്കുന്ന ഞാൻ അജ്ഞാനജന്യമായ അന്ധകാരം ദീപ്തമായ ജ്ഞാനദീപംകൊണ്ട് നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them / for them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, plural

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अनुकम्पार्थम्: for the sake of compassion
• अनुकम्पार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुकम्पा-अर्थ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• अज्ञानजम्: born of ignorance
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अज्ञान-ज
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• तमः: darkness (ignorance)
• तमः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• नाशयामि: I destroy / dispel
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (णश्) / नाशय् (causative)
• Form: present, 1st, singular, parasmaipada, active, lat

• आत्मभावस्थः: abiding in (their) inner being / in the self-state
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मभाव-स्थ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ज्ञानदीपेन: by the lamp of knowledge
• ज्ञानदीपेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान-दीप
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• भास्वता: shining / radiant
• भास्वता: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्वत्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• aham (the divine speaker implied by the verse)
• teṣām (those beings/devotees addressed implicitly)
• ajñāna (ignorance)
• tamaḥ (darkness)
• jñāna-dīpa (lamp of knowledge)