Shloka 66

Vyāghra–Gomāyu Saṃvāda (व्याघ्रगोमायु संवाद) — Testing Character Beneath Appearances

Devanagari script

तलवद्‌ू दृश्यते व्योम खद्योतो हव्यवाडिव । न चैवास्ति तल॑ व्योम्नि खद्योते न हुताशन:

Transliteration

talavad dṛśyate vyoma khadyoto havyavāḍ iva | na caivāsti talaṁ vyomni khadyote na hutāśanaḥ ||

Translation

Бхишма сказал: «Небо кажется внутренней поверхностью перевёрнутой сковороды, а светлячок видится словно огонь. Но в действительности в небе нет никакого “дна сковороды”, и в светлячке нет настоящего огня».

Word by Word

• तलवत्: like a bottom/base
• तलवत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तलवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दृश्यते: is seen/appears
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/Impersonal (appears/is seen)

• व्योम: the sky
• व्योम: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• खद्योतः: a firefly
• खद्योतः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: खद्योत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यवाडिव: like fire (Havyavāṭ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्यवाट्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तलम्: a bottom/base
• तलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• व्योम्नि: in the sky
• व्योम्नि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• खद्योते: in the firefly
• खद्योते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: खद्योत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हुताशनः: fire
• हुताशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vyoma (sky/space)
• khadyota (firefly)
• Agni (havyavāṭ/hutāśana)