Shloka 24

Vānaprastha-vṛtti and the Transition toward the Fourth Āśrama (वानप्रस्थवृत्तिः चतुर्थाश्रमोपक्रमश्च)

Devanagari script

आकाशभूतश्चाकाशे सवर्णत्वात्‌ प्रकाशते

Transliteration

ākāśabhūtaścākāśe savarṇatvāt prakāśate

Translation

Vyāsa berkata: “Apa yang telah menjadi sifat ruang (ākāśa) terserlah di dalam ruang itu sendiri, kerana ia sejenis dan sewarna dengannya.”

Word by Word

• आकाशभूतः: having become (like) the sky; sky-formed
• आकाशभूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकाशभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• आकाशे: in the sky
• आकाशे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सवर्णत्वात्: because of sameness of color/appearance
• सवर्णत्वात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवर्णत्व
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• प्रकाशते: shines; appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रकाश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• ākāśa (space/ether)