Shloka 31

अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः

Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind

Devanagari script

आचक्षेडहं मनुष्येभ्यो देवेभ्य: प्रतिसंचरन्‌ । सत्यं स्वर्गस्थ सोपानं पारावारस्य नौरिव

Transliteration

ācakṣed ahaṃ manuṣyebhyo devebhyaḥ pratisaṃcaran | satyaṃ svargastha-sopānaṃ pārāvārasya naur iva ||

Translation

میں انسانوں اور دیوتاؤں کے درمیان گھوم پھر کر یہ اعلان کرتا رہا ہوں کہ جیسے جہاز سمندر پار کرنے کا وسیلہ ہے، ویسے ہی سچائی جنت تک پہنچنے کی سیڑھی ہے۔

Word by Word

• आचक्षे: I say / I declare
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चक्ष्
• Form: Lat, Parasmaipada, 1, Singular, Active

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Common, Nominative, Singular

• मनुष्येभ्यः: to men / to human beings
• मनुष्येभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• देवेभ्यः: to the gods
• देवेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• प्रतिसंचरन्: moving about / roaming around
• प्रतिसंचरन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-सम्-चर्
• Form: Shatr (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यम्: truth
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्वर्गस्थ: situated in heaven
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वर्ग-स्थ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सोपानम्: stair/ladder/step
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोपान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पारावारस्य: of the ocean (the far-and-near shore; i.e., sea)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारावार
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• नौः: a boat/ship
• नौः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नौ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

Speaker

हंस उवाच

Characters & Entities

• हंस (Haṃsa)
• मनुष्य (humans)
• देव (gods)
• स्वर्ग (heaven)
• नौ (ship/boat)
• पारावार (ocean/sea)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Truthfulness (satya) is presented as the sure means of spiritual ascent: it functions like a ladder to heaven, just as a ship is the practical means to cross a vast ocean.

What is happening in the narrative?

The Haṃsa, speaking as a moral instructor, describes how he has wandered among humans and gods proclaiming a universal ethical principle—truth is the reliable vehicle for crossing the difficult expanse of worldly existence and attaining heavenly realms.