Shloka 10

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

Devanagari script

शब्दश्रोत्रे तथा खानि त्रयमाकाशयोनिजम्‌ । रस: स्नेहश्न जिह्ना च अपामेते गुणा: स्मृता:,शब्द, श्रोत्रेन्द्रिय और सम्पूर्ण छिद्र--ये तीन आकाशके कार्य हैं। रस, स्नेह तथा जिह्ना --ये तीनों जलके गुण या कार्य माने गये हैं

Transliteration

śabdaśrotre tathā khāni trayam ākāśayonijam | rasaḥ snehaś ca jihvā ca apām ete guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ ||

Translation

శబ్దము, శ్రోత్రేంద్రియము, అలాగే దేహంలోని రంధ్రములు—ఈ మూడు ఆకాశజన్యమని చెప్పబడును. అలాగే రసము, స్నేహము (ఆర్ద్రత), జిహ్వ—ఈ మూడు జలగుణములుగా స్మరించబడును.

Word by Word

• शब्द: sound
• शब्द: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्रोत्रे: in the ear; in the auditory organ
• श्रोत्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: and likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• खानि: openings; apertures (orifices)
• खानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• त्रयम्: a triad; three (as a set)
• त्रयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आकाश: of ether/space
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकाश
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• योनिजम्: born from; originating in
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योनिज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रसः: taste; sap/essence
• रसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रस
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्नेहः: unctuousness; oiliness; viscosity
• स्नेहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जिह्वा: tongue
• जिह्वा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिह्वा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपाम्: of waters; of water
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गुणाः: qualities; properties
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• स्मृताः: are considered/remembered (as)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Passive (PPP functioning predicatively)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ākāśa (ether/space element)
• ap (water element)
• śrotra (ear)
• jihvā (tongue)