evaṃ paraṃ-parā-prāptam imaṃ rāja-rṣayo viduḥ
sa kāleneha mahatā yogo naṣṭaḥ paraṃtapa
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he parantapa (O scorcher of enemies!),
evam (thus) rāja-rṣayaḥ (kingly sages) imam (this) paraṁ-parā-prāptam (obtained through the succession) [
yogam]
(yoga) viduḥ (they got to know).
iha (here) saḥ yogaḥ (this yoga) mahatā kālena (by the influence of the powerful time) naṣṭaḥ (lost) [
asti]
(it is).
| evam |
– |
av. – thus; |
| paraṁ-parā-prāptam |
– |
paraṁ-parā-prāpta 2n.1 m.; TP: paraṁ-parayā prāptam iti – obtained through the succession (from: para – distant, beyond, out, earlier,other; paraṁ-parā – one following the other, succession, tradition; pra-√āp – to obtain, to reach, prāpta PP – obtained); |
| imam |
– |
idam sn. 2n.1 m. – this; |
| rāja-rṣayaḥ |
– |
rāja-rṣi 1n.3 m.; TP: rājñām ṛṣaya iti – the sages among the kings (from: √raj – to reign, rājan – king; √ṛṣ – to flow, to move quickly, or √dṛś – to see; ṛṣi – sage, seer);
or KD: rājānaś cāsav ṛṣayaś ca – they are kings and sages; |
| viduḥ |
– |
√vid (to know, to understand) Perf. P 1v.3 – they got to know; |
| saḥ |
– |
tat sn. 1n.1 m. – he; |
| kālena |
– |
kāla 3n.1 m. – by the time; |
| iha |
– |
av. – here (often meaning: in this world); |
| mahatā |
– |
mahant 3n.1 m. – by the great (from: √mah – to magnify); |
| yogaḥ |
– |
yoga 1n.1 m. – yoga, yoking, application, a means, one of the schools of Hindu philosophy (from:√yuj – to yoke, to join, to engage); |
| naṣṭaḥ |
– |
naṣṭa (√naś – to disappear, to be lost, to perish) PP 1n.1 m. – perished, lost; |
| paraṁtapa |
– |
param-tapa 8n.1 m.; yaḥ parān tāpayati saḥ – one who torments enemies (from: para – another, strange; √tap – to scorch, tapas – heat, austerity); |
paraṁ-parā-prāptam → paraṁ-parākhyātam / paras-parā-prāptam (known through the tradition / obtained among themselves);
imaṁ → idaṁ (this);
kāleneha → kālenaiva / tu kālena (indeedby the time / but by the time);
evaṃ kṣatriya-paramparā-prāptam imaṃ rājarṣayo rājānaś ca te ṛṣayaś ca rājarṣayo vidur imaṃ yogam | sa yogaḥ kāleneha mahatā dīrgheṇa naṣṭo vicchinna-sampradāyaḥ saṃvṛtto he parantapa ! ātmano vipakṣa-bhūtāḥ para ucyante tān śaurya-tejo-gabhastibhir bhānur iva tāpayatīti parantapaḥ śatru-tāpana ity arthaḥ
commentary under the verse BhG 4.3
evam iti | evaṃ rājānaś ca te ṛṣayaś ceti | anye ‚pi rājarṣayo nimi-pramukhāḥ | sva-pitrādibhir ikṣvāku-pramukhaiḥ protkam imaṃ yogam vidur jānanti sma | adyatanānām ajñāne kāraṇam āha he parantapa śatru-pātana ! sa yogaḥ kāla-vaśād iha loke naṣṭo vicchinnaḥ
evam ādityam ārabhya guru-śiṣya-paramparayā prāptam imaṃ yogaṃ rājānaś ca ta ṛṣayaś ceti rājarṣayaḥ prabhutve sati sūkṣmārtha-nirīkṣaṇa-kṣamā nimi-pramukhāḥ sva-pitrādi-proktaṃ viduḥ | tasmād anādi-veda-mūlatvenānanta-phalatvenānādi-guru-śiṣya-paramparā-prāptatvena ca kṛtrimatva-śaṅkānāspadatvān mahā-prabhāvo ‚yaṃ yoga iti śraddhātiśayāya stūyate |
sa evaṃ mahā-prayojano ‚pi yogaḥ kālena mahatā dīrgheṇa dharma-hrāsa-kareṇehedānīm āvayor vyavahāra-kāle dvāparānte durbalān ajitendriyān anadhikāriṇaḥ prāpya kāma-krodhādibhir abhibhūyamāno naṣṭo vicchinna-sampradāyo jātaḥ | taṃ vinā puruṣārthāprāpter aho daurbhāgyaṃ lokasyeti śocati bhagavān | he parantapa ! paraṃ kāma-krodhādi-rūpaṃ śatru-gaṇaṃ śauryeṇa balavatā vivekena tapasā ca bhānur iva tāpayatīti parantapaḥ śatru-tāpano jitendriya ity arthaḥ | urvaśy-upekṣaṇādy-adbhuta-karma-darśanāt | tasmāt tvaṃ jitendriyatvād atrādhikārīti sūcayati
no commentary up to the verse BhG 4.3
evaṃ vivasvantam ārabhya guru-śiṣya-paramparayā prāptam iimaṃ yogaṃ rājarṣayaḥ sva-pitrādibhir ikṣvāku-prabhṛtibhir upadiṣṭaṃ viduḥ | iha loke naṣṭo vicchinna-sampradāyaḥ
