Mahābhārata · 2.7.17–18
॥
Devanāgarī
दिव्या आपस् तथौषध्यः श्रद्धा मेधा सरस्वती ॥
अर्थो धर्मश् च कामश् च विद्युतश् चापि पाण्डव ॥
जलवाहास् तथा मेघा वायवः स्तनयित्नवः ॥
प्राची दिग् यज्ञवाहाश् च पावकाः सप्तविंशतिः ॥
Transliteración (IAST)
divyā āpas tathauṣadhyaḥ śraddhā medhā sarasvatī ||
artho dharmaś ca kāmaś ca vidyutaś cāpi pāṇḍava ||
jalavāhās tathā meghā vāyavaḥ stanayitnavaḥ ||
prācī dig yajñavāhāś ca pāvakāḥ saptaviṃśatiḥ ||
Palabra por palabra
SánscritoIASTSignificado
दिव्याः आपः तथा ओषध्यःdivyāḥ āpaḥ tathā oṣadhyaḥthe divine Waters and Herbs,
श्रद्धा मेधा सरस्वतीśraddhā medhā sarasvatīFaith [Shraddha], Wisdom [Medha], Sarasvati,
अर्थः धर्मः च कामः चarthaḥ dharmaḥ ca kāmaḥ caArtha, Dharma and Kama,
विद्युतः च अपि पाण्डवvidyutaḥ ca api pāṇḍavaand lightnings too, O Pandava;
जल-वाहाः तथा मेघाःjala-vāhāḥ tathā meghāḥwater-bearing clouds,
वायवः स्तनयित्नवःvāyavaḥ stanayitnavaḥwinds, thunders,
प्राची दिक् यज्ञ-वाहाः चprācī dik yajña-vāhāḥ cathe eastern direction and the sacrifice-bearing
पावकाः सप्त-विंशतिःpāvakāḥ sapta-viṃśatiḥfires — twenty-seven;
दिव्याdivyāoriginal form "divyā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
आपस्āpasoriginal form "āpas", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
तथौषध्यःtathauṣadhyaḥoriginal form "tathauṣadhyaḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अर्थोarthooriginal form "artho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
धर्मश्dharmaśoriginal form "dharmaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
कामश्kāmaśoriginal form "kāmaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
विद्युतश्vidyutaśoriginal form "vidyutaś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
जलवाहास्jalavāhāsoriginal form "jalavāhās", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मेघाmeghāoriginal form "meghā", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
दिग्digoriginal form "dig", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
यज्ञवाहाश्yajñavāhāśoriginal form "yajñavāhāś", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सप्तविंशतिःsaptaviṃśatiḥoriginal form "saptaviṃśatiḥ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
Traducción
"The divine Waters and Herbs, Faith, Wisdom, Sarasvati, Artha, Dharma and Kama, and lightnings too, O Pandava; water-bearing clouds, winds, thunders, the eastern direction and the twenty-seven sacrifice-bearing fires."
Versión
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Here in the hall the very foundations of existence appear personified — Waters, Faith, Dharma, Artha, Kama. It is significant that abstract powers appear as living persons: to the Vedic vision the whole order of the world is animate and partakes of the highest. Thus the scripture shows the animate fullness of creation; and next come the deities of sacrifice.