Shloka 21

Sanatsujāta on Vedic Learning, Truth (Satya), and the Discipline of Dama–Tyāga–Apramāda

Devanagari script

गन्धर्वाणामनेनैव रूपमप्सरसामभूत्‌ । एतेन ब्रह्मचर्येण सूर्योउप्यह्लाय जायते

Transliteration

gandharvāṇām anenaiva rūpam apsarasām abhūt | etena brahmacaryeṇa sūryo 'py āhlāya jāyate ||

Translation

Sanatsujāta nói: “Chính nhờ kỷ luật ấy mà các Gandharva đạt được dung mạo rực rỡ, và các Apsara cũng vậy. Nhờ thực hành phạm hạnh (brahmacarya), ngay cả Mặt Trời cũng trở thành nguồn hoan hỷ.”

Word by Word

• गन्धर्वाणाम्: of the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• रूपम्: form/beauty
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अप्सरसाम्: of the Apsarases
• अप्सरसाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस्
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• अभूत्: became/was
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (Luṅ), 3rd, Singular

• एतेन: by this
• एतेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (एतद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ब्रह्मचर्येण: by celibacy/continence
• ब्रह्मचर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• आह्लाय: having gladdened/cheered (up)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आह्ला (आ + ह्ला)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• जायते: is born/arises/comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

सनत्सुजात उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sanatsujāta
• Gandharvas
• Apsarases
• Sūrya (the Sun)