Shloka 43

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

अधिकारेपषु वर्तन्ते यथास्वं ब्रह्मवादिन: । सर्वे प्रमाणं हि यथा तथा तच्छास्त्रमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

adhikāreṣu vartante yathāsvaṃ brahmavādinaḥ | sarve pramāṇaṃ hi yathā tathā tacchāstram uttamam ||

Translation

अधिकारक्षेत्रेषु वर्तन्ते यथास्वं ब्रह्मवादिनः। सर्वे प्रमाणं हि यथा तथा तच्छास्त्रमुत्तमम्॥

Word by Word

• अधिकारेषु: in (their respective) domains/authorities
• अधिकारेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधिकार
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• वर्तन्ते: act/operate/are engaged
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• स्वम्: one's own (proper sphere/measure)
• स्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मवादिनः: expounders of Brahman/learned speakers
• ब्रह्मवादिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मवादिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रमाणम्: authority/standard/means of valid knowledge
• प्रमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• यथा: as/in whatever way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• तथा: so/accordingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• तत्: that
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शास्त्रम्: treatise/teaching/scripture
• शास्त्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• brahmavādinaḥ