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Shloka 56

अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः

Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’

अत्र पिड़लया गीता गाथा: श्रूयन्ति पार्थिव । यथा सा कृच्छूकालेडपि लेभे धर्म सनातनम्‌,राजन्‌! इस विषयमें पिड्लाकी गायी हुई गाथाएँ सुनी जाती हैं, जिसके अनुसार चलकर संकटकालमें भी उसने सनातन धर्मको प्राप्त कर लिया था

atra piḍalayā gītā gāthāḥ śrūyante pārthiva | yathā sā kṛcchrakāle 'pi lebhe dharmaṃ sanātanam, rājan ||

രാജാവേ, ഈ വിഷയത്തിൽ പിഡല പാടിയ ഗാഥകൾ ഇന്നും കേൾക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ആ പാട്ടുകളുടെ മർമ്മം അനുസരിച്ച് അവൾ കടുത്ത ദുരിതകാലത്തിലും സനാതനധർമ്മം പ്രാപിച്ചു।

अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
पिडलयाby (the woman) Piḍalā
पिडलया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपिडला
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
गीताsung
गीता:
TypeAdjective
Rootगै (गायति)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
गाथाःverses, songs
गाथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
श्रूयन्तिare heard
श्रूयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (शृणोति)
FormPresent, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Plural
पार्थिवO king
पार्थिव:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यथाas, according to which
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृच्छ्रकालेin a time of distress
कृच्छ्रकाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्रकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
लेभेobtained, attained
लेभे:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormPerfect, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
धर्मम्dharma
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सनातनम्eternal
सनातनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

ब्राह्मण उवाच

ब्राह्मण (speaker)
पार्थिव/राजन् (the king addressed)
पिड़ला (Piḍalā)

Educational Q&A

That Dharma is not contingent on comfort: even amid hardship one can attain the eternal moral order by adhering to time-tested instruction (gāthās) and acting accordingly.

A Brahmin speaker addresses a king and cites the well-known songs/verses attributed to Piḍalā as authoritative tradition, stating that by following their guidance she attained sanātana-dharma even during a crisis.