Shloka 9

Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse

Devanagari script

तुल्यं शौचं तपोयुक्तं दया भूतेषु चानघ । व्रतानां धारणं तुल्यं दर्शनं॑ न समं तयो:

Translation

外与内的清净、与苦行相应的修持、对一切众生的慈悲——无垢者啊——以及持守诸誓戒：这些规矩在两种见解中都同样被承认。然而二者的“达尔沙那”（哲学立场与修行方法）却并不相同。

Word by Word

• तुल्यम्: equal, the same
• तुल्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• शौचम्: purity, cleanliness
• शौचम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शौच
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तपोयुक्तम्: endowed with austerity
• तपोयुक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपस् + युक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दया: compassion
• दया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भूतेषु: among beings / towards creatures
• भूतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun (vocative epithet)
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• व्रतानाम्: of vows/observances
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• धारणम्: observance, maintaining
• धारणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तुल्यम्: equal
• तुल्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुल्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• दर्शनम्: view, doctrine, philosophical system
• दर्शनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• समम्: equal, identical
• समम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तयोः: of the two (of them)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual

Speaker

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