Shloka 165

Adhyaya 72 — Puradāha: Rudra’s Cosmic Chariot, Pāśupata-Vrata, and Brahmā’s Shiva-Stuti

Devanagari script

स्वप्ने दृष्टं यत्पदार्थं ह्यलक्ष्यं दृष्टं नूनं भाति मन्ये न चापि मूर्तिर्नो वै दैवकीशान देवैर् लक्ष्या यत्नैरप्यलक्ष्यं कथं तु

Transliteration

svapne dṛṣṭaṃ yatpadārthaṃ hyalakṣyaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ nūnaṃ bhāti manye na cāpi mūrtirno vai daivakīśāna devair lakṣyā yatnairapyalakṣyaṃ kathaṃ tu

Translation

“Benda” yang terlihat dalam mimpi itu sesungguhnya tidak dapat digenggam; walau terlihat, ia hanya tampak seolah-olah bercahaya—demikian sangkaanku—namun tiada bentuk yang dapat disentuh. Demikian juga, wahai Tuhan para dewa, Ketuhanan bukanlah objek yang dapat dipersepsi oleh para dewa; meski dengan usaha yang amat keras, Dia tetap melampaui segala tanda—maka bagaimana mungkin Dia dapat diketahui sepenuhnya?

Word by Word

• स्वप्ने (svapne): in a dream

• दृष्टम् (dṛṣṭam): seen

• यत् (yat): which

• पदार्थम् (padārtham): object/thing as an experienced content

• हि (hi): indeed

• अलक्ष्यम् (alakṣyam): imperceptible, beyond marks

• नूनम् (nūnam): certainly

• भाति (bhāti): appears, shines

• मन्ये (manye): I think

• न (na): not

• च (ca): and

• अपि (api): even

• मूर्तिः (mūrtiḥ): concrete form

• नो (no): indeed/not (emphatic particle in context)

• वै (vai): verily

• दैवकीशान (daivakīśāna): O Lord of the Devas

• देवैः (devaiḥ): by the gods

• लक्ष्या (lakṣyā): perceivable/definable as a target

• यत्नैः (yatnaiḥ): by efforts

• अपि (api): even

• अलक्ष्यम् (alakṣyam): unperceivable

• कथम् (katham): how

• तु (tu): then/however

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating an internal address to the Lord of the Devas within the Adhyaya’s dialogue)