Shloka 45

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

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियाणि च पञ्चैव तम: सत्त्वं रजस्तथा । इत्येष सप्तदशको राशिरव्यक्तसंज्ञक:

Transliteration

indriyāṇi ca pañcaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā | ityeṣa saptadaśako rāśiravyaktasaṃjñakaḥ ||

Translation

నారదుడు పలికెను—ఐదు ఇంద్రియాలు, అలాగే తమస్, సత్త్వం, రజస్—ఇవి కలసి పదిహేడు తత్త్వాల సమూహమై ‘అవ్యక్తం’ అని పిలువబడును.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रियाणि: the sense-organs
• इन्द्रियाणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• तमः: tamas (darkness/inertia)
• तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सत्त्वम्: sattva (purity/clarity)
• सत्त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रजः: rajas (activity/passion)
• रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सप्तदशकः: the group of seventeen
• सप्तदशकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तदशक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राशिः: aggregate/collection
• राशिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राशि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अव्यक्तसंज्ञकः: called 'unmanifest' (avyakta)
• अव्यक्तसंज्ञकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यक्तसंज्ञक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• indriyāṇi (the senses)
• tamas
• sattva
• rajas
• avyakta