Shloka 11

Śāṇḍilī–Suparṇa Saṃvāda

Conduct, Intention, and Restoration

Devanagari script

शनै: स तु भवान्‌ यातु ब्रह्म॒वध्यामनुस्मरन्‌ । न दृश्यते रविस्तात न दिशो न च खं खग

Transliteration

śanaiḥ sa tu bhavān yātu brahmavadhyām anusmaran | na dṛśyate ravis tāta na diśo na ca khaṃ khaga |

Translation

ਹੇ ਖਗ! ਬ੍ਰਹਮਹਤਿਆ ਦੇ ਡਰ ਨੂੰ ਯਾਦ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ ਤੂੰ ਹੌਲੀ-ਹੌਲੀ ਚੱਲ। ਹੁਣ, ਪਿਆਰੇ, ਨਾ ਸੂਰਜ ਦਿੱਸਦਾ ਹੈ, ਨਾ ਦਿਸ਼ਾਵਾਂ ਸਮਝ ਆਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਨਾ ਹੀ ਆਕਾਸ਼ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• शनैः: slowly, gently
• शनैः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैस्
• Form: Avyaya (adverb)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular (honorific 2nd person)

• यातु: let (him/you) go; go
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Imperative, 3rd person, singular, parasmaipada

• ब्रह्मवध्याम्: brahma-slaying (sin of Brahmin-murder), brahmahatyā
• ब्रह्मवध्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मवध्या
• Form: Feminine, accusative, singular

• अनुस्मरन्: remembering, keeping in mind
• अनुस्मरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनुस्मृ
• Form: Present active participle, masculine, nominative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• दृश्यते: is seen, appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, 3rd person, singular, ātmanepada (passive sense: 'is seen')

• रविः: the sun
• रविः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि
• Form: Masculine, nominative, singular

• तात: dear one; father (vocative address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• दिशः: directions, quarters
• दिशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, nominative, plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न
• Form: Avyaya (negation)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• खम्: sky, space
• खम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख
• Form: Neuter, nominative, singular

• खग: O bird
• Type: Noun
• Root: खग
• Form: Masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

गालव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Ravi (the Sun)
• brahma-hatyā (sin of Brahmin-slaying)
• khaga (the bird addressed)