Shloka 14

Adhyāya 283: Varṇa-vṛtti, Nyāya-ārjana, and the Decline-and-Restoration of Dharma (वर्णवृत्तिः न्यायार्जनं च)

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त्वा स महायोगी पश्यति ध्यानचक्षुषा । स पश्यति महादेवं देवीं च वरदां शुभाम्‌

Transliteration

ity uktvā sa mahāyogī paśyati dhyānacakṣuṣā | sa paśyati mahādevaṁ devīṁ ca varadāṁ śubhām ||

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนั้นแล้ว มหาฤๅษีโยคีผู้นั้นก็เพ่งด้วยจักษุแห่งสมาธิ เขาได้เห็นมหาเทวะ และเทวีผู้เป็นมงคลผู้ประทานพรด้วย

Word by Word

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

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, same as finite verb subject

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• महायोगी: the great yogin
• महायोगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महायोगिन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पश्यति: sees
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: present indicative (लट्), third, singular, parasmaipada

• ध्यानचक्षुषा: with the eye of meditation
• ध्यानचक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यानचक्षुस्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• पश्यति: sees
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: present indicative (लट्), third, singular, parasmaipada

• महादेवम्: Mahadeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• देवीम्: the देवी (goddess)
• देवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

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

• वरदाम्: boon-giving
• वरदाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरदा
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• mahāyogī (the great yogin)
• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Devī (the Goddess, boon-giver)