Shloka 18

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

किंतु परब्रह्म परमात्मा इस प्रकार शरीरका आश्रय लेकर प्रकट होनेपर भी वेदाध्ययनकी भाँति यत्नसाध्य नहीं है; क्योंकि उनका आदि, मध्य और अन्त नहीं है ।।

Transliteration

kintu parabrahma paramātmā evaṁ-vidhaṁ śarīrāśrayaṁ kṛtvā prakaṭībhūto ’pi vedādhyayanavat yatnasādhyo na bhavati; yato ’sya ādir madhyam antaś ca na vidyate. ṛcām ādis tathā sāmnāṁ yajuṣām ādir ucyate; antas tv ādimatāṁ dṛṣṭo na tv ādir brahmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ.

Translation

毗湿摩说：然而，至上梵、至上我（Paramātman）即便依托于身体而显现，也并非如研习吠陀那样可由努力而得；因为他无始、无中、无终。《梨俱》《娑摩》《夜柔》皆被言说其起始；凡有起始者，其终结可见；唯独梵之起始，未曾被记忆。

Word by Word

• ऋचाम्: of the Ṛks (Rig-vedic hymns)
• ऋचाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋच् (ऋचा)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• आदिः: beginning
• आदिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• साम्नाम्: of the Sāmans (Sāma-vedic chants)
• साम्नाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• यजुषाम्: of the Yajuses (Yajur-vedic formulas)
• यजुषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• आदिः: beginning
• आदिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उच्यते: is said / is spoken of
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Passive, Third, Singular

• अन्तः: end
• अन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• आदिमताम्: of those that have a beginning
• आदिमताम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदिमत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• दृष्टः: is seen / is observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• आदिः: beginning
• आदिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman (the Absolute)
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• स्मृतः: is remembered / is held (to be)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Parabrahman
• Paramātmā
• Ṛgveda (Ṛc)
• Sāmaveda (Sāman)
• Yajurveda (Yajus)