Shloka 7

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

ततो मामाह भगवानास्यं स्वं विवृतं कुरु । विवृतं च ततो मे5<स्यं प्रविष्टा च सरस्वती

Transliteration

tato mām āha bhagavān āsyaṁ svaṁ vivṛtaṁ kuru | vivṛtaṁ ca tato me ’syaṁ praviṣṭā ca sarasvatī ||

Translation

Então o Senhor Bem-aventurado me disse: “Ó brâmane, abre a tua boca.” Quando a abri, Sarasvatī—a deusa que encarna a fala sagrada—entrou em mim.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, accusative, singular

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: perfect, 3, singular, parasmaipada

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• आस्यम्: mouth
• आस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• स्वम्: your own
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• विवृतम्: opened, wide open
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) → विवृत (ppp)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• कुरु: make; do (open!)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ
• Form: imperative, 2, singular, parasmaipada

• विवृतम्: opened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√वृ (वृणोति/वृणुते) → विवृत (ppp)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• ततः: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• मे: of me; my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: common, genitive, singular

• आस्यम्: mouth
• आस्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्रविष्टा: entered
• प्रविष्टा: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√विश् → प्रविष्ट (ppp)
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

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

• सरस्वती: Sarasvatī
• सरस्वती: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Bhagavān (the Lord, here identified in the narrative as Sūrya)
• Sarasvatī