Shloka 21

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

आसन शयनं यानमुत्थानं पानभोजनम्‌ । नियतं सर्वभूतानां कालेनैव भवत्युत,सभी प्राणियोंके लिये बैठना, सोना, चलना-फिरना, उठना और खाना-पीना--ये सभी कार्य समयके अनुसार ही नियत रूपसे होते रहते हैं

Transliteration

āsanaśayanaṁ yānam utthānaṁ pānabhojanam | niyataṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ kālenaiva bhavaty uta ||

Translation

జనకుడు చెప్పెను—సర్వప్రాణులకు కూర్చుట, నిద్రించుట, సంచరించుట, లేచుట, త్రాగుట-తినుట—ఇవి అన్నీ నియతంగా కేవలం కాలాధీనముగా జరుగుతాయి.

Word by Word

• आसनम्: sitting (seat/posture)
• आसनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शयनम्: lying down, sleeping
• शयनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यानम्: going, movement; vehicle/journey
• यानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्थानम्: rising, getting up
• उत्थानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्थान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पानभोजनम्: drinking and eating
• पानभोजनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानभोजन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• नियतं: fixed, regulated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कालेन: by time, through time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• भवति: happens, becomes, is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उत: and, also (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• kāla (Time)
• sarvabhūtāni (all beings)