Shloka 56
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
Devanagari script
अत्र पिड़लया गीता गाथा: श्रूयन्ति पार्थिव । यथा सा कृच्छूकालेडपि लेभे धर्म सनातनम्
Transliteration
atra piḍalayā gītā gāthāḥ śrūyante pārthiva | yathā sā kṛcchrakāle 'pi lebhe dharmaṃ sanātanam, rājan ||
Translation
अत्र पिडलया गीता गाथाः श्रूयन्ति पार्थिव । यथा सा कृच्छ्रकालेऽपि लेभे धर्मं सनातनम् ॥
Word by Word
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
पिडलयाby (the woman) Piḍalā
पिडलया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपिडला
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
गीताsung
गीता:
TypeAdjective
Rootगै (गायति)
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
गाथाःverses, songs
गाथाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Plural
श्रूयन्तिare heard
श्रूयन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (शृणोति)
FormPresent, Atmanepada (passive sense), Third, Plural
पार्थिवO king
पार्थिव:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यथाas, according to which
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
साshe
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
कृच्छ्रकालेin a time of distress
कृच्छ्रकाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्रकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
लेभेobtained, attained
लेभे:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormPerfect, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
धर्मम्dharma
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सनातनम्eternal
सनातनम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसनातन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (speaker)प
पार्थिव/राजन् (the king addressed)प
पिड़ला (Piḍalā)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
That Dharma is not contingent on comfort: even amid hardship one can attain the eternal moral order by adhering to time-tested instruction (gāthās) and acting accordingly.
A Brahmin speaker addresses a king and cites the well-known songs/verses attributed to Piḍalā as authoritative tradition, stating that by following their guidance she attained sanātana-dharma even during a crisis.