13.15
सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम् ।
असक्तं सर्वभृच्चैव निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च ॥
sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam
asaktaṃ sarvabhṛc caiva nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन). The verse has no finite verb. The adjectives still describe tat (तत्).
The verse
It shines as the qualities of all the senses and is free of all the senses, unattached and bearing all, free of the guṇas (गुण) and the experiencer of the guṇas (गुण).
नेपालीमा
त्यो सबै इन्द्रियका गुणझैँ चम्कन्छ र सबै इन्द्रियबाट मुक्त छ। त्यो आसक्तिरहित छ र सबै बोक्छ, गुणबाट मुक्त छ र गुण भोग्छ।
Where it sits
13.14 put hands and feet everywhere, and this verse says that presence shines as the senses, bears all, and is free of the senses and of the guṇa (गुण)s, with the description continuing through 13.18.
Split: सर्व-इन्द्रिय-गुण-आभासम् + सर्व-इन्द्रिय-विवर्जितम् + असक्तम् + सर्व-भृत् + च + एव + निर्गुणम् + गुण-भोक्तृ + च
sarva-indriya-guṇa-ābhāsam + sarva-indriya-vivarjitam + asaktam + sarva-bhṛt + ca + eva + nirguṇam + guṇa-bhoktṛ + ca
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| सर्व-इन्द्रिय-गुण-आभासम् | sarva-indriya-guṇa-ābhāsam | nominative singular neuter | shining as the qualities of all the senses. ābhāsa (आभास) is the appearing, the shine. Recited sarvendriyaguṇābhāsam (सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासम्). |
| सर्व-इन्द्रिय-विवर्जितम् | sarva-indriya-vivarjitam | nominative singular neuter | free of all the senses. vivarjita (विवर्जित) is left behind, stripped away. |
| असक्तम् | asaktam | nominative singular neuter | unattached. |
| सर्व-भृत् | sarva-bhṛt | nominative singular | bearing all. Supporting all. bhṛ (भृ) is "bear." |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | indeed. |
| निर्गुणम् | nirguṇam | nominative singular neuter | free of the guṇa (गुण)s. The strands that make up nature. nir (निर्) is "without." |
| गुण-भोक्तृ | guṇa-bhoktṛ | nominative singular neuter | the experiencer of the guṇa (गुण)s. bhoktṛ (भोक्तृ) is the one who experiences. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
The phrases
sarvendriyaguṇābhāsaṃ sarvendriyavivarjitam (सर्वेन्द्रियगुणाभासं सर्वेन्द्रियविवर्जितम्) holds both sides of the senses. It shines as the qualities of every sense, and it is stripped of every sense. 13.14 had given it hands, eyes, and hearing. This line keeps the appearing and removes the organs.
asaktaṃ sarvabhṛt ca eva (असक्तं सर्वभृत् च एव) is unattached, and bearing all. सर्वभृत् + च + एव sarvabhṛt + ca + eva is recited sarvabhṛc caiva (सर्वभृच्चैव).
nirguṇaṃ guṇabhoktṛ ca (निर्गुणं गुणभोक्तृ च) is the pair the section is keeping. Free of the guṇa (गुण)s, and the experiencer of the guṇa (गुण)s. Both stay.
Sanskrit in this line
sarva-bhṛt (सर्व-भृत्) is a nominative with no visarga. The stem ends in a consonant, so the subject form is the stem itself. सर्वभृत् + च sarvabhṛt + ca is recited sarvabhṛc ca (सर्वभृच्च): t (त्) before c (च्) becomes c (च्). Then च + एव ca + eva becomes caiva (चैव), and the whole join is sarvabhṛc caiva (सर्वभृच्चैव). guṇa-bhoktṛ (गुण-भोक्तृ) also has no visarga. An ṛ (ऋ)-stem in the neuter nominative ends in ṛ (ऋ).
Say it back
Say both sides of the guṇa (गुण)s. If nirguṇam (निर्गुणम्) is dropped and only the experiencer remains, stay here.