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Shloka 11

Satya-lakṣaṇa (The Characteristics and Forms of Truth) | सत्यलक्षणम्

यच्च किंचिदिह प्राणी चेष्टते शाल्मले भुवि । सर्वत्र भगवान्‌ वायुश्नेष्टाप्राणकर: प्रभु:

yacca kiñcid iha prāṇī ceṣṭate śālmale bhuvi | sarvatra bhagavān vāyuḥ ceṣṭā-prāṇa-karaḥ prabhuḥ ||

นารทกล่าวว่า “โอ้ศาลมลี สรรพชีวิตใดๆ บนแผ่นดินนี้จะกระทำความเพียรพยายามสิ่งใดก็ตาม ทุกแห่งหนล้วนเป็นพระวายุผู้ทรงอำนาจ—ผู้เป็นเจ้า—ที่ประทานกำลังแห่งการกระทำและประทานลมหายใจชีวิต”

यत्whatever (that which)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
किंचित्anything at all, something
किंचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिंचित्
इहhere, in this world
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
प्राणीa living being
प्राणी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चेष्टतेmoves, acts, makes effort
चेष्टते:
TypeVerb
Rootचेष्ट्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
शाल्मलेon/at Śālmala (the earth/continent named Śālmala)
शाल्मले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशाल्मल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
भुविon the earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभू
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
सर्वत्रeverywhere
सर्वत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसर्वत्र
भगवान्the blessed/lordly one
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वायुःVāyu, the Wind (deity)
वायुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
चेष्टा-प्राण-करःthe giver/producer of activity and life
चेष्टा-प्राण-करः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रभुःthe lord, the powerful one
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
V
Vāyu
Ś
Śālmali
E
Earth (bhū)

Educational Q&A

All embodied activity and vitality ultimately depend on Vāyu—the pervasive life-wind—who is presented as the divine power enabling motion (ceṣṭā) and sustaining life-breath (prāṇa). This encourages humility about personal agency and reverence for the sustaining cosmic principle.

Nārada addresses Śālmali and explains a doctrinal point: whatever any creature does on earth is empowered by Vāyu, who functions everywhere as the giver of both the impulse/ability to act and the life-breath itself.