Shloka 93

Yoga-Sleep, Cosmic Dissolution, and the Lotus of Creation

with Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision

Devanagari script

न हि स्वप्नो ह्ययं सत्ययुक्तं यत्सत्यमर्हति । नष्टचंद्रार्कपवनो नष्टपर्वतभूतलः

Transliteration

na hi svapno hyayaṃ satyayuktaṃ yatsatyamarhati | naṣṭacaṃdrārkapavano naṣṭaparvatabhūtalaḥ

Translation

ଏହା ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ସ୍ୱପ୍ନ; ଏଥିରେ ସତ୍ୟର ସମ୍ବନ୍ଧ ନାହିଁ, ତେଣୁ ଏହାକୁ ବାସ୍ତବ ମାନିବା ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ—ଯେଉଁଠାରେ ଚନ୍ଦ୍ର, ସୂର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଓ ପବନ ଲୁପ୍ତ, ଏବଂ ପର୍ବତ ଓ ଭୂତଳ ମଧ୍ୟ ନଷ୍ଟ।

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थक

• स्वप्नः: dream
• स्वप्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), बलार्थक

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Visheshya (Apposition/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• सत्य-युक्तम्: connected with truth / true
• सत्य-युक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (सत्येन/सत्यस्य युक्तम् = endowed with truth)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• सत्यम्: truth / what is true
• सत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अर्हति: deserves / is fit for
• अर्हति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नष्ट-चन्द्र-अर्क-पवनः: one in which the moon, sun, and wind are gone
• नष्ट-चन्द्र-अर्क-पवनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √नश्) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक) + पवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्मिन् चन्द्रार्कपवनाः नष्टाः सः)

• नष्ट-पर्वत-भूतलः: one in which mountains and the earth-surface are destroyed
• नष्ट-पर्वत-भूतलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √नश्) + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक) + भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (यस्मिन् पर्वतभूतले नष्टे सः)

Speaker

Unspecified (context needed from surrounding verses to attribute the dialogue speaker reliably).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: हि + अयम् → ह्ययम्; यत् + सत्यम् → यत्सत्यम्; सत्यम् + अर्हति → सत्यमर्हति; नष्ट + चन्द्र + अर्क + पवनः → नष्टचंद्रार्कपवनो (visarga/ending adjusted in pada); नष्ट + पर्वत + भूतलः → नष्टपर्वतभूतलः

FAQs

What philosophical idea is emphasized in this verse?

It stresses the unreliability of a “dream-like” experience as a basis for truth, describing an impossible world (without sun, moon, wind, earth, or mountains) to show it should not be accepted as real.

Does this verse describe pralaya (cosmic dissolution) or a dream?

The verse explicitly frames the experience as a dream, though the imagery resembles dissolution motifs; it uses cosmic-collapse language to underline unreality rather than to narrate a specific pralaya event.

What is the practical ethical or cognitive lesson here?

Do not treat unstable, internally inconsistent perceptions as authoritative; discern truth by coherence and reality-consistency rather than by mere appearance.