Shloka 4

विभूति-योगः (Vibhūti-yoga) — Exemplary Manifestations as a Contemplative Index

Devanagari script

अधिभूतं क्षरो भाव: पुरुषश्चाधिदैवतम्‌ । अधियज्ञो5हमेवात्र देहे देहभूतां वर

Transliteration

adhibhūtaṃ kṣaro bhāvaḥ puruṣaś cādhidaivatam | adhiyajño 'ham evātra dehe dehabhṛtāṃ vara ||

Translation

हे देहधाऱ्यांमध्ये श्रेष्ठ! ‘अधिभूत’ हा क्षयशील भाव आहे; ‘अधिदैवत’ हा पुरुष आहे; आणि या देहात ‘अधियज्ञ’ मीच आहे.

Word by Word

• अधिभूतम्: the element pertaining to beings (the material/physical aspect)
• अधिभूतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिभूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• क्षरः: perishable
• क्षरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भावः: existence; state; being
• भावः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुरुषः: the Person (spirit/self)
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अधिदैवतम्: the element pertaining to the deities (the divine aspect)
• अधिदैवतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिदैवत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अधियज्ञः: the element pertaining to sacrifice (the sacrificial principle)
• अधियज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधियज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed; alone
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• देहे: in the body
• देहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• देहभूताम्: having become embodied; existing as the body
• देहभूताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देहभूत
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वर: O best (one)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Puruṣa (cosmic Person)
• Adhiyajña (the Lord as presiding sacrifice)
• Deha (body)