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Shloka 5

Vainya-Aśvamedhe Atri–Gautama–Sanatkumāra-Nirṇaya

Vainya’s Sacrifice and the Settlement of a Dharmic Dispute

न सम प्रज्ञायते किंचिदम्भसा समवस्तृते । सम॑ वा विषम वापि नद्यो वा स्थावराणि च,सब ओर इतना पानी भर गया कि ऊँचा-नीचा, समतल, नदी अथवा पेड़-पौधे आदिका पता नहीं चलता था

na samaṁ prajñāyate kiñcid ambhasā samavastṛte | samaṁ vā viṣamaṁ vāpi nadyo vā sthāvarāṇi ca ||

എല്ലാം വെള്ളം മൂടിയപ്പോൾ ഒന്നും വ്യക്തമായി തിരിച്ചറിയാനായില്ല—ഭൂമി സമമാണോ വിഷമാണോ, നദികൾ എവിടെയാണ് ഒഴുകുന്നത്, വൃക്ഷലതാദി സ്ഥിരവസ്തുക്കൾ എവിടെയാണെന്നതുപോലും; ചുറ്റും വെള്ളം നിറഞ്ഞതോടെ പരിചിത അടയാളങ്ങൾ അപ്രത്യക്ഷമായി.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
समम्level/even (ground)
समम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
Formneuter, nominative, singular
प्रज्ञायतेis perceived/known
प्रज्ञायते:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
Formpresent, 3rd, singular, Atmanepada, passive/impersonal (middle usage)
किञ्चित्anything (at all)
किञ्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिञ्चित्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
अम्भसाby water
अम्भसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअम्भस्
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
समवस्तृतेhas been completely covered/overspread
समवस्तृते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + वस् (वस्तृ)
Formperfect, 3rd, singular, Atmanepada
समम्even/level
समम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
विषमम्uneven
विषमम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविषम
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
नद्यःrivers
नद्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनदी
Formfeminine, nominative, plural
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
स्थावराणिimmobile things (trees etc.)
स्थावराणि:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्थावर
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
W
water (ambhas)
R
rivers (nadyaḥ)
T
trees/plants (sthāvarāṇi)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how overpowering circumstances can obscure normal markers of judgment and orientation; in such moments, one must rely on careful discernment and self-control rather than external certainties.

A vast inundation has covered the area so completely that one cannot distinguish level from uneven ground, identify river courses, or even locate stationary features like trees and plants.