11.24
नभःस्पृशं दीप्तमनेकवर्णं
व्यात्ताननं दीप्तविशालनेत्रम् ।
दृष्ट्वा हि त्वां प्रव्यथितान्तरात्मा
धृतिं न विन्दामि शमं च विष्णो ॥
nabhaḥspṛśaṃ dīptam anekavarṇam
vyāttānanaṃ dīptaviśālanetram
dṛṣṭvā hi tvāṃ pravyathitāntarātmā
dhṛtiṃ na vindāmi śamaṃ ca viṣṇo
Arjuna (अर्जुन) is still speaking, to Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण). Meter: triṣṭubh (त्रिष्टुभ्). Four quarters, eleven syllables each, forty-four in the verse.
The verse
Having seen you touching the sky, blazing, many-colored, mouth stretched open, eyes wide and blazing, my inner self is shaken and I find no steadiness and no calm, O Viṣṇu (विष्णु).
नेपालीमा
आकाश छोएको, दन्किरहेको, अनेक रङको, मुख फिँजारिएको, आँखा फैलिई बलिरहेका तपाईंलाई देखेर मेरो भित्री आत्मा हल्लिएको छ। हे विष्णु, म स्थिरता पनि पाउँदिनँ, शान्ति पनि पाउँदिनँ।
Where it sits
The worlds were shaken. Now the man cannot find dhṛtim (धृतिम्) or śamam (शमम्) in himself. The next verse will say he does not know the directions, and will ask for grace.
Split: नभः-स्पृशम् + दीप्तम् + अनेक-वर्णम् + व्यात्त-आननम् + दीप्त-विशाल-नेत्रम् + दृष्ट्वा + हि + त्वाम् + प्रव्यथित-अन्तर-आत्मा + धृतिम् + न + विन्दामि + शमम् + च + विष्णो
nabhaḥ-spṛśam + dīptam + aneka-varṇam + vyātta-ānanam + dīpta-viśāla-netram + dṛṣṭvā + hi + tvām + pravyathita-antara-ātmā + dhṛtim + na + vindāmi + śamam + ca + viṣṇo
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| नभः-स्पृशम् | nabhaḥ-spṛśam | accusative | touching the sky. nabhas (नभस्) is the sky. spṛś (स्पृश्) is "touch." |
| दीप्तम् | dīptam | accusative | blazing. |
| अनेक-वर्णम् | aneka-varṇam | accusative | of many colors. |
| व्यात्त-आननम् | vyātta-ānanam | accusative | with mouth opened wide. vyātta (व्यात्त) is stretched open. ānana (आनन) is the mouth. |
| दीप्त-विशाल-नेत्रम् | dīpta-viśāla-netram | accusative | with blazing wide eyes. |
| दृष्ट्वा | dṛṣṭvā | gerund | having seen. |
| हि | hi | indeclinable | indeed. |
| त्वाम् | tvām | accusative | you. |
| प्रव्यथित-अन्तर-आत्मा | pravyathita-antara-ātmā | nominative | my inner self shaken. A bahuvrīhi, "whose inner self is distressed." |
| धृतिम् | dhṛtim | accusative | steadiness. The holding of oneself. |
| न | na | indeclinable | not. |
| विन्दामि | vindāmi | present, 1st singular | I find. |
| शमम् | śamam | accusative | calm. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| विष्णो | viṣṇo | vocative of viṣṇu (विष्णु) | O Viṣṇu (विष्णु). |
The phrases
नभः-स्पृशम् दीप्तम् अनेक-वर्णम् nabhaḥ-spṛśam dīptam aneka-varṇam is the size and the color. Touching the sky, blazing, many-colored.
vyātta-ānanam dīpta-viśāla-netram dṛṣṭvā hi tvām (व्यात्त-आननम् दीप्त-विशाल-नेत्रम् दृष्ट्वा हि त्वाम्) is the face that undoes him. Mouth wide open, eyes wide and blazing. Having seen you so.
pravyathita-antara-ātmā dhṛtim na vindāmi śamam ca (प्रव्यथित-अन्तर-आत्मा धृतिम् न विन्दामि शमम् च) is the loss. Inner self shaken, I find neither steadiness nor calm.
Sanskrit in this line
nabhaḥ-spṛśam (नभः-स्पृशम्) keeps the visarga inside the compound. nabhas (नभस्) before s (स्) of spṛś (स्पृश्) does not become o (ओ). Before a sibilant, visarga stays ḥ (ः). pravyathita-antara-ātmā (प्रव्यथित-अन्तर-आत्मा) is one nominative, a bahuvrīhi: the last member आत्मन ātman names the part, and the man is the whole.
Say it back
The two things he cannot find. If he finds śamam (शमम्), the na (न) was moved off it. The na (न) covers both.