Shloka 29

Pratyakṣa–Āgama–Ācāra: Doubt, Proof, and the Practice of Dharma (प्रत्यक्ष–आगम–आचारविचारः)

Devanagari script

सर्ववेदेषु वा स्नान सर्वभूतेषु चार्जवम्‌ । उभे एते समे स्यातामार्जवं वा विशिष्यते

Transliteration

sarvavedeṣu vā snānaṁ sarvabhūteṣu cārjavam | ubhe ete same syātām ārjavaṁ vā viśiṣyate ||

Translation

सर्ववेदेषु वा स्नानं सर्वभूतेषु चार्जवम्। उभे एते समे स्यातामार्जवं वा विशिष्यते॥

Word by Word

• सर्ववेदेषु: in all the Vedas
• सर्ववेदेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्ववेद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• स्नानम्: bathing (ritual bath)
• स्नानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतेषु: among/in all beings
• सर्वभूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• आर्जवम्: straightforwardness, honesty
• आर्जवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्जव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उभे: both
• उभे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उभ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• एते: these (two)
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• समे: equal
• समे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• स्याताम्: might be / would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada

• आर्जवम्: straightforwardness, honesty
• आर्जवम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्जव
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or (rather)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• विशिष्यते: is superior/excels
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + शिष्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

श्रीमहेश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Maheśvara (Mahādeva/Śiva)
• Vedas
• sarvabhūta (all beings)