कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-9, verse-20
जनः स्वदेहकण्डूतिं विजानाति यथा तथा ।
परं ब्रह्मस्वरूपी च वेत्ति विश्वविचेष्टितम् ॥२०॥
परं ब्रह्मस्वरूपी च वेत्ति विश्वविचेष्टितम् ॥२०॥
20. janaḥ svadehakaṇḍūtiṁ vijānāti yathā tathā ,
paraṁ brahmasvarūpī ca vetti viśvaviceṣṭitam.
paraṁ brahmasvarūpī ca vetti viśvaviceṣṭitam.
20.
janaḥ sva-deha-kaṇḍūtiṃ vijānāti yathā tathā
para-brahma-svarūpī ca vetti viśva-viceṣṭitam
para-brahma-svarūpī ca vetti viśva-viceṣṭitam
20.
yathā janaḥ sva-deha-kaṇḍūtiṃ vijānāti tathā
para-brahma-svarūpī ca viśva-viceṣṭitam vetti
para-brahma-svarūpī ca viśva-viceṣṭitam vetti
20. Just as a person remains aware of the itching of his own body, so too one who is established in the nature of the supreme absolute perceives the activity of the entire universe.
Words meanings summery:
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- जनः (janaḥ) - a person, a man, people
- स्व-देह-कण्डूतिं (sva-deha-kaṇḍūtiṁ) - itching of one's own body
- विजानाति (vijānāti) - knows, understands, recognizes
- यथा (yathā) - just as, as
- तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner
- पर-ब्रह्म-स्वरूपी (para-brahma-svarūpī) - one whose nature is the supreme absolute, having the form of the supreme absolute
- च (ca) - and
- वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives
- विश्व-विचेष्टितम् (viśva-viceṣṭitam) - activity of the universe, movement of the world
Words meanings and morphology
जनः (janaḥ) - a person, a man, people
(noun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of jana
jana - person, man, people, creature
स्व-देह-कण्डूतिं (sva-deha-kaṇḍūtiṁ) - itching of one's own body
(noun)
Accusative, feminine, singular of sva-deha-kaṇḍūti
sva-deha-kaṇḍūti - itching of one's own body
Compound type : tatpurusha (sva+deha+kaṇḍūti)
- sva – own, one's own
adjective - deha – body
noun (masculine) - kaṇḍūti – itching, scratch
noun (feminine)
विजानाति (vijānāti) - knows, understands, recognizes
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vijñā
Prefix: vi
Root: jñā (class 9)
यथा (yathā) - just as, as
(indeclinable)
तथा (tathā) - so, thus, in that manner
(indeclinable)
पर-ब्रह्म-स्वरूपी (para-brahma-svarūpī) - one whose nature is the supreme absolute, having the form of the supreme absolute
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of para-brahma-svarūpin
para-brahma-svarūpin - one whose essence is the supreme absolute
Compound type : bahuvrihi (para+brahman+svarūpa)
- para – supreme, higher, ultimate
adjective - brahman – the absolute, the supreme reality
noun (neuter) - svarūpa – one's own form, true nature, essence
noun (neuter)
च (ca) - and
(indeclinable)
वेत्ति (vetti) - knows, perceives
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 2)
विश्व-विचेष्टितम् (viśva-viceṣṭitam) - activity of the universe, movement of the world
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of viśva-viceṣṭita
viśva-viceṣṭita - activity or movement of the universe
Compound type : tatpurusha (viśva+viceṣṭita)
- viśva – universe, all, whole
adjective - viceṣṭita – activity, movement, gesture, action
noun (neuter)
Past Passive Participle
From vi + ceṣṭ
Prefix: vi
Root: ceṣṭ (class 1)