Shloka 21

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

दश पज्च च प्राप्तानि यजुंष्यर्कान्मयानघ । तथैव रोमहर्षेण पुराणमवधारितम्‌,निष्पाप नरेश! इस प्रकार मैंने सूर्यदेवसे शुक्लयजुर्वेदकी पंद्रह शाखाएँ प्राप्त की। इसी तरह रोमहर्षण सूतसे मैंने पुराणोंका अध्ययन किया

Transliteration

daśa pañca ca prāptāni yajuṁṣy arkān mayānagha | tathaiva romaharṣeṇa purāṇam avadhāritam niṣpāpa nareśa ||

Translation

നിഷ്പാപ നരാധിപാ! ഇങ്ങനെ ഞാൻ സൂര്യദേവനിൽ നിന്ന് ശുക്ലയജുർവേദത്തിന്റെ പതിനഞ്ച് ശാഖകൾ പ്രാപിച്ചു. അതുപോലെ സൂതൻ രോമഹർഷണനിൽ നിന്ന് ഞാൻ പുരാണം പഠിച്ച് ദൃഢമായി ഗ്രഹിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• दश: ten
• दश: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• प्राप्तानि: obtained/received
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• यजूंषि: Yajus (Yajurvedic) texts/branches
• यजूंषि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अर्कान्: hymns/verses (arkas)
• अर्कान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

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

• रोमहर्षेण: by Romaharṣa (Romaharṣaṇa)
• रोमहर्षेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमहर्ष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुराणम्: the Purāṇa
• पुराणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवधारितम्: learned/ascertained/studied
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-धृ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• निष्पाप: O sinless one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्पाप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-ईश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Arka (Sun-god)
• Romaharṣaṇa
• Sūta
• Yajurveda (Śukla Yajurveda tradition implied)
• Purāṇa
• King (nareśa; addressee)