Shloka 22

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

नारायणात्मको ज्ञेय: पाण्डवेय युगे युगे । तस्मिन्‌ हि पूज्यमाने वै देवदेवे महेश्वरे

Transliteration

nārāyaṇātmako jñeyaḥ pāṇḍaveya yuge yuge | tasmin hi pūjyamāne vai devadeve maheśvare

Translation

阿周那说：“噢，般度的后裔，当知他在每一劫中皆具那罗延之本性。因为当诸天之天、众主之主——大自在天（摩醯首罗）受如法供奉之时，至高的神圣本原亦藉由他而得礼敬。”

Word by Word

• नारायणात्मकः: having the nature of Nārāyaṇa
• नारायणात्मकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नारायणात्मक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ज्ञेयः: to be known; knowable
• ज्ञेयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाण्डवेय: O descendant of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डवेय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डवेय
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• युगे: in an age (yuga)
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• युगे: in (each) age
• युगे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in him/therein
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पूज्यमाने: when (he) is being worshipped
• पूज्यमाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular, Present passive participle (शानच्), locative singular

• वै: indeed; surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• देवदेवे: in the God of gods
• देवदेवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवदेव
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महेश्वरे: in Maheśvara (the great Lord)
• महेश्वरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Pāṇḍava (descendant of Pāṇḍu)
• Nārāyaṇa
• Maheśvara (Śiva)
• Devadeva (epithet of Śiva)