Shloka 62

Yoga-Sleep, Cosmic Dissolution, and the Lotus of Creation

with Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision

Devanagari script

यानि चाश्रयणीयानि सर्वाण्यप्यदहद्भृशम् । भस्मीकृत्य तु तान्सर्वांल्लोकान्ल्लोकगुरोर्गुरुः

Transliteration

yāni cāśrayaṇīyāni sarvāṇyapyadahadbhṛśam | bhasmīkṛtya tu tānsarvāṃllokānllokagurorguruḥ

Translation

At yaong lahat ng mga daigdig na di nararapat gawing kanlungan, kanyang sinunog nang matindi; at ginawang abo ang lahat—ang Kataas-taasang Guro, maging ng guro ng mga daigdig.

Word by Word

• yāni: which (things)
• yāni: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; यद्-शब्दः (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• āśrayaṇīyāni: to be resorted to; worthy of refuge
• āśrayaṇīyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-śri (धातु) → āśrayaṇīya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; कृदन्त: अनीयर्/णीय (gerundive) = ‘आश्रयितव्यानि’ (fit to be resorted to)

• sarvāṇi: all
• sarvāṇi: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• api: also; even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (particle: also/even)

• adahat: burned
• adahat: Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dah (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘अदहत्’ = he burned

• bhṛśam: exceedingly; intensely
• bhṛśam: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛśa (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• bhasmī-kṛtya: having turned to ashes
• bhasmī-kṛtya: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल/Absolutive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhasman (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛ (धातु) → bhasmī-kṛ (धातु) → bhasmīkṛtya (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) = ‘भस्मी कृत्वा’ (having reduced to ashes)

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• tān: those
• tān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; तद्-शब्दः (demonstrative pronoun)

• sarvān: all
• sarvān: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying lokān)

• lokān: worlds
• lokān: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• loka-guroḥ: of the teacher of the world
• loka-guroḥ: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (लोकस्य गुरुः)

• guruḥ: the guru; the great teacher
• guruḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context-dependent narrator within Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: cāśrayaṇīyāni = ca + āśrayaṇīyāni; sarvāṇyapi = sarvāṇi + api; adahadbhṛśam = adahat + bhṛśam; tānsarvān = tān + sarvān; lokānllokaguroḥ = lokān + loka-guroḥ (gemination/phonetic doubling in transmission).

FAQs

Who is referred to as “the guru of the guru of the worlds” (lokaguror guruḥ)?

The phrase is an honorific pointing to a supreme preceptor above even the “teacher of the worlds.” Without the surrounding verses, the referent cannot be fixed with certainty, but it generally signals a transcendent authority (often ultimately identified with the Supreme).

What is meant by “worlds unfit to be taken as refuge” (aśrayaṇīyāni lokān)?

It indicates realms or states that cannot provide true shelter—places lacking stability, righteousness, or spiritual safety—so they are portrayed as subject to intense purifying destruction.

What ethical or spiritual lesson does this verse emphasize?

It underscores discernment in seeking refuge: what is not truly supportive of dharma or liberation is ultimately impermanent and can be “burned away,” while true refuge lies in the highest guiding principle or divine authority.