Shloka 43

Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि

Devanagari script

जराशोकसमादविदष्टं रोगायतनमातुरम्‌ । रजस्वलमनित्यं च भूतावासमिमं त्यज

Transliteration

jarāśokasamāviṣṭaṁ rogāyatanaṁ āturam | rajasvalam anityaṁ ca bhūtāvāsam imaṁ tyaja ||

Translation

जराशोकसमाविष्टं रोगायतनमातुरम्। रजस्वलमनित्यं च भूतावासमिमं त्यज॥

Word by Word

• जरा: old age
• Type: Noun
• Root: जरा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शोक: grief
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समादि: trance/absorption (samādhi)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विदष्टम्: bitten/gnawed; afflicted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विदष्ट (वि + दंश्)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रोग: disease
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आयतनम्: abode/seat; receptacle
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयतन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आतुरम्: distressed; sick
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आतुर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• रजस्वलम्: impure; full of passion/rajas
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रजस्वल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनित्यम्: impermanent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनित्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• भूत: being; creature; element
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आवासम्: dwelling; abode
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• त्यज: abandon; give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• the body (śarīra)