Shloka 2

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

सांख्ये त्विदानीं कार्त्स्न्येन विधि प्रब्रूहि पृच्छते । त्रिषु लोकेषु यज्ज्ञानं सर्व तद्‌ विदितं हि ते,अब मैं सांख्यविषयक सम्पूर्ण विधि पूछ रहा हूँ। आप मुझे उसे बतानेकी कृपा करें; क्योंकि तीनों लोकोंमें जो ज्ञान है, वह सब आपको विदित है

Transliteration

sāṅkhye tv idānīṁ kārtsnyena vidhiṁ prabrūhi pṛcchate | triṣu lokeṣu yaj jñānaṁ sarvaṁ tad viditaṁ hi te ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira disse: “Agora peço que exponhas, por inteiro, o método e a doutrina do Sāṅkhya. Explica-me, pois todo o conhecimento que existe nos três mundos é, de fato, conhecido por ti.”

Word by Word

सांख्येin/with regard to Sāṅkhya

तुbut/and

इदानीम्now

कार्त्स्न्येनcompletely; in entirety

विधिम्method; procedure; doctrine

प्रब्रूहिtell; explain

पृच्छतेto (one who) asks; is asking

त्रिषुin the three

लोकेषुworlds

यत्whatever; that which

ज्ञानम्knowledge

सर्वम्all; entire

तत्that

विदितम्known

हिindeed; for

तेto you / of you

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yudhiṣṭhira

Sāṅkhya

three worlds (trailokya)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes