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Shloka 3

ययातिदौहित्रपुण्यसमुच्चयः | Yayāti and the Grandsons’ Consolidation of Merit

अदृश्यमानस्तान्‌ पश्यन्नपश्यंश्न पुनः पुनः । शून्य: शून्येन मनसा प्रपतिष्यन्‌ महीतलम्‌,वे अन्धकारसे आवृत होनेके कारण स्वयं स्वर्गवासियोंको नहीं दिखायी देते थे; परंतु वे उन्हें बार-बार देखते और कभी नहीं भी देख पाते थे। पृथ्वीपर गिरनेसे पहले शून्य-से होकर शून्य हृदयसे राजा यह चिन्ता करने लगे कि मैंने अपने मनसे किस धर्मदूषक अशुभ वस्तुका चिन्तन किया है, जिसके कारण मुझे अपने स्थानसे भ्रष्ट होना पड़ा है

adṛśyamānas tān paśyann apaśyaṁś ca punaḥ punaḥ | śūnyaḥ śūnyena manasā prapatiṣyan mahītalam ||

अदृश्यमानस्तान् पश्यन्नपश्यंश्च पुनः पुनः । शून्यः शून्येन मनसा प्रपतिष्यन् महीतलम् ॥

अदृश्यमानःbeing unseen / not visible
अदृश्यमानः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदृश्य (√दृश्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शानच् (present passive participle)
तान्them
तान्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
पश्यन्seeing
पश्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)
अपश्यन्not seeing
अपश्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√पश्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle), अ- (negation)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
पुनःagain (repeatedly)
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
शून्यःempty, void (as if stunned)
शून्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशून्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शून्येनwith an empty (vacant)
शून्येन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootशून्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
मनसाwith the mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
प्रपतिष्यन्about to fall / falling down
प्रपतिष्यन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√पत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (future active participle, periphrastic/intentional sense), प्र-
महीतलम्the surface of the earth / ground
महीतलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमहीतल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
S
svargavāsinaḥ (celestial dwellers)
M
mahītala (earth)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights ethical causality and inner accountability: a fall from one’s rightful state is linked to inner impurity, prompting self-scrutiny about thoughts that corrupt dharma.

A figure (unseen) intermittently perceives the celestial beings and, as he is about to fall to earth, becomes mentally blank with shock and begins questioning what wrongful thought caused his loss of position.