Shloka 81

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

नमो>स्त्वप्रतिरूपाय विरूपाय शिवाय च । सूर्याय सूर्यमालाय सूर्यध्वजपताकिने

Transliteration

namo 'stv apratirūpāya virūpāya śivāya ca | sūryāya sūryamālāya sūryadhvajapatākine ||

Translation

اَپرتی روپ، وِروپ، شِو—آپ کو نمسکار؛ سورج، سورج کی مالا سے آراستہ، سورج کے دھوج اور پَتاکا والے—آپ کو نمسکار۔

Word by Word

• नमः: salutation; homage
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable interjection)

• अस्तु: let there be; may it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (भू)
• Form: Present imperative/benedictive sense, 3rd person singular, parasmaipada

• अप्रतिरूपाय: to the incomparable; to the matchless
• अप्रतिरूपाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रतिरूप
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

• विरूपाय: to the form-transcending/strange-formed one
• विरूपाय: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विरूप
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

• शिवाय: to Śiva; to the auspicious one
• शिवाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च
• Form: Avyaya (conjunction)

• सूर्याय: to the Sun
• सूर्याय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

• सूर्यमालाय: to the garland of the Sun; to the sun-garlanded one
• सूर्यमालाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यमाला
• Form: Feminine, dative, singular

• सूर्यध्वजपताकिने: to the one having the Sun as banner and pennant
• सूर्यध्वजपताकिने: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्यध्वजपताकिन्
• Form: Masculine, dative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śiva
• Sūrya (Sun deity)
• sūryadhvaja (sun-banner/standard)
• patākā (pennant/flag)