Shloka 36

Invocations, Definition and Authority of Purāṇa, Pulastya–Bhīṣma Frame, and the Creation–Dissolution Schema

Devanagari script

नानात्व दर्शनात्सुस्थस्ततस्तदभिवर्त्तते । ततस्तापत्रयातीतो विरूपाख्यो निरंजनः

Transliteration

nānātva darśanātsusthastatastadabhivarttate | tatastāpatrayātīto virūpākhyo niraṃjanaḥ

Translation

నానాత్వాన్ని దర్శించి అతడు స్థిరుడై సమాధానంగా ఉంటాడు; ఆపై ఆ (బహిర్ముఖ ప్రవృత్తి) నుండి తిరిగి మళ్లుతాడు. తరువాత త్రితాపాలను అధిగమించి ‘విరూప’ అనే నిరంజనుడవుతాడు।

Word by Word

• नानात्व: of diversity/multiplicity
• नानात्व: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नानात्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (नानात्वस्य) / alternatively समासपूर्वपद; here with ‘दर्शनात्’ understood as ‘नानात्व-दर्शनात्’

• दर्शनात्: from seeing/realizing
• दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• सुस्थः: well-settled/steady
• सुस्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-अर्थे (ablatival adverb: ‘thereupon/from that’)

• तत्: that (state/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• अभिवर्तते: he turns toward/attains
• अभिवर्तते: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमे (then)

• ताप-त्रय-अतीतः: gone beyond the three sufferings
• ताप-त्रय-अतीतः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताप (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक) + अतीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘तापत्रयम् अतीतः’ (gone beyond the three afflictions)

• विरूप-आख्यः: called ‘Virūpa’
• विरूप-आख्यः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरूप (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: ‘विरूप इति आख्या यस्य’ (named ‘Virūpa’)

• निरंजनः: stainless/untainted
• निरंजनः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator/teacher voice (context not provided for a definite dialogue attribution)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: दर्शनात्सुस्थः = दर्शनात् + सुस्थः; सुस्थस्ततः = सुस्थः + ततः; तदभिवर्त्तते = तत् + अभिवर्तते; ततस्तापत्रयातीतो = ततः + तापत्रयातीतः; विरूपाख्यो = विरूप + आख्यः

Characters & Entities

• Virūpa

FAQs

What does this verse teach about liberation amid a world of diversity?

It frames liberation as a shift from being pulled outward by perceived multiplicity (nānātva) to an inward withdrawal (abhivartate), culminating in purity (nirañjana) and freedom from suffering.

What are the ‘threefold afflictions’ (tāpatraya) mentioned here?

They are the classic triad of sufferings: internal/mental and bodily (ādhyātmika), caused by other beings and the world (ādhibhautika), and caused by divine/cosmic forces (ādhidaivika).

Who is ‘Virūpa’ in this verse, and what does ‘nirañjana’ imply?

Virūpa is presented as an epithet attained by the practitioner after transcending the three afflictions; ‘nirañjana’ implies being unstained—free from impurity, attachment, and karmic taint.