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etasya bhagavad-bhakti-rasāmṛta-payonidheḥ |
etasyaof this — the ocean he is about to name; the genitive sets up "of this ocean, four parts..." genitive singular, agreeing with payonidheḥइस — जिसके (अब वर्णन किए जाने वाले)
bhagavad-bhakti-rasāmṛta-payonidheḥof the ocean of the nectar of the rasa of devotion to the Lord — unpack it inward: devotion to the Lord (bhagavad-bhakti), whose taste is a rasa (the devotional mood), that rasa is a nectar (amṛta), and the whole thing is an ocean (payonidhi) genitive singular; nested tatpuruṣa compound kept wholeभगवान की भक्ति रूपी रस-अमृत के समुद्र के
etasya — of this; bhagavad-bhakti-rasāmṛta-payonidheḥ — ocean of the nectar of the rasa of devotion to the Lord
etasya — इस; bhagavad-bhakti-rasāmṛta-payonidheḥ — भगवान की भक्ति रूपी रस-अमृत के समुद्र के।
Of this ocean of the nectar of the rasa of devotion to the Lord. Read the long word from the inside out. There is devotion to the Lord (bhagavad-bhakti). Its taste is a rasa, a devotional mood. That mood is like nectar (amṛta). And the whole of it is an ocean (payonidhi). This line only names the ocean; the next line tells what will be said of it.
इस भगवान की भक्ति रूपी रस-अमृत के समुद्र के — (आगे कहे जाने वाले भाग)।
rasa: in the older poetic tradition, the settled aesthetic "flavor" a work evokes in the audience; here it is the mood of devotion (bhakti) itself, treated as the nectar filling this ocean.
रस: प्राचीन काव्य-परम्परा में वह स्थायी आस्वाद्य भाव जो कृति श्रोता के हृदय में जगाती है; यहाँ वह रस स्वयं भगवद्-भक्ति ही है, जिसे इस समुद्र को भरने वाले अमृत के रूप में कहा गया है।
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catvārah khalu vakṣyante bhāgāḥ pūrvādayaḥ kramāt ||
catvāraḥfour — how many parts there are; agrees with "divisions" below nominative plural masculine, agreeing with bhāgāḥचार
khaluindeed — a mild emphatic, "as you will see"; underlines that the count is settled emphatic particleनिश्चय ही
vakṣyantewill be told — the author's promise: these parts are going to be laid out ahead future passive, 3rd person plural(आगे) कहे जाएँगे
bhāgāḥdivisions — the parts of the book; this is the word "four" is counting nominative plural, the grammatical subjectभाग (विभाग)
pūrvādayaḥbeginning with the Eastern (Pūrva) — names the first of the four; "-ādi" means "and the ones after it" nominative plural, agreeing with bhāgāḥ; bahuvrīhi "having pūrva as first"पूर्व आदि (जिनमें पहला पूर्व है)
kramātin order — one after another, in their proper sequence ablative used adverbiallyक्रम से
pūrvādayaḥ catvāraḥ bhāgāḥ — four divisions beginning with the Eastern; kramāt — in order; khalu — indeed; vakṣyante — will be told
catvāraḥ — चार; bhāgāḥ — भाग; pūrvādayaḥ — पूर्व आदि; khalu — निश्चय ही; kramāt — क्रम से; vakṣyante — कहे जाएँगे।
Four divisions, indeed, will be told, beginning with the Eastern one, in order. The book has four parts. The first is called Pūrva (Eastern), and the rest follow it. The author promises here that he will present all four, one after another, in sequence.
इसके चार भाग — पूर्व आदि — निश्चय ही क्रम से कहे जाएँगे।
pūrva: literally "east / former"; here it is simply the proper name of the first of the four divisions of this work, so "the Eastern division" means the section titled Pūrva.
पूर्व: शब्दार्थ से 'पूर्व दिशा' अथवा 'पहला'; परन्तु यहाँ यह इस ग्रन्थ के चार विभागों में से प्रथम विभाग का ही नाम है, अतः 'पूर्व विभाग' से वही खण्ड अभिप्रेत है जिसका नाम 'पूर्व' है।
Commentary — decoded
Jīva Gosvāmī + Viśvanātha Cakravartī
s1avataranika
atha grantham ārabdhuṁ tat-paripāṭīṁ darśayati—etasyeti caturbhiḥ ||
athanow — the blessing-word that opens a new stretch of the work maṅgala / topic-opening particleअब
granthamthe book, the work itself acc. — object of ārabdhumग्रन्थ को
ārabdhumin order to begin infinitive of purposeआरम्भ करने के लिए
tat-paripāṭīmits layout — the order in which the book will unfold acc. — object of darśayatiउस (ग्रन्थ) की रचना-पद्धति को
darśayatihe (the author, Rūpa) shows, sets out 3rd sg. main verbदिखाते हैं
etasyetiwith the verse beginning 'etasya' — naming it by its opening word pratīka (catch-word) + iti'एतस्य' इस पद से (आरम्भ होने वाले)
caturbhiḥacross four [verses] instr. pl.; ślokaiḥ 'verses' understoodचार श्लोकों से
atha — now; grantham — the book; ārabdhum — in order to begin; tat-paripāṭīm — its layout; darśayati — he shows; etasyeti — with the verse beginning 'etasya'; caturbhiḥ — across four [verses].
atha — अब; grantham — ग्रन्थ को; ārabdhum — आरम्भ करने के लिए; tat-paripāṭīm — उसकी रचना-पद्धति को; darśayati — दिखाते हैं; etasyeti — 'एतस्य' इत्यादि; caturbhiḥ — चार श्लोकों से।
Now the commentator introduces the verse. To begin the book, the author first shows its overall plan — the order in which the work will unfold. He does this in the verse that starts with the word 'etasya.' And he lays out this plan across four verses, not just this one.
अब ग्रन्थ को आरम्भ करने के लिए (ग्रन्थकार) उसकी रचना-पद्धति दिखाते हैं — 'एतस्य' इस पद से आरम्भ होने वाले चार श्लोकों के द्वारा।
paripāṭī: ordinarily 'arrangement, orderly sequence'; here the book's table of contents — the plan of its parts. 'etasyeti' names the verse by its first word (a pratīka), the standard way a commentator points to which verse he is about to open.
परिपाटी: सामान्यतः 'क्रमबद्ध रचना, अनुक्रम'; यहाँ ग्रन्थ की विषय-सूची — उसके अंगों की योजना। 'एतस्येति' कहकर टीकाकार श्लोक को उसके प्रथम पद (प्रतीक) से इंगित करता है, जो यह बताने की प्रचलित रीति है कि वह किस श्लोक की व्याख्या आरम्भ कर रहा है।
Mukunda-dāsa Gosvāmī
s1avataranika
granthasya sindhu-sadṛśīm anukramaṇikāṁ darśayati—etasyety ādi tribhiḥ ||
granthasyaof the work, of the book genitive — 'of'
sindhu-sadṛśīmwhich is like an ocean; ocean-like acc. fem. sg., agreeing with anukramaṇikām
anukramaṇikāmthe table of contents, the outline of what is coming acc. fem. sg. — object of darśayati
darśayatihe shows, he sets out present tense, 3rd sg.
etasya iti ādiwith the words beginning 'etasya' ('Of this…') names the verse by its opening word
tribhiḥin three verses instrumental — 'by means of three'
granthasya — of the work; sindhu-sadṛśīm — which is like an ocean; anukramaṇikām — the table of contents; etasya iti ādi — with the words beginning 'etasya'; tribhiḥ — in three verses; darśayati — he shows.
Now Mukunda tells us what these next verses are doing. Here the author sets out the table of contents of the whole book. Mukunda calls that table of contents "ocean-like" — picking up the verse's own image of an ocean of nectar. So the outline of the work is itself like an ocean. This is done in the verse that begins "etasya" ("Of this…"), and it runs across three verses in all.
anukramaṇikā: in the wider tradition an anukramaṇikā is a formal index or table of contents of a text (as the Bhāgavata has its own). Here it names the short survey of the book's four divisions that the coming verses give — with Mukunda adding that this survey is "ocean-like," echoing the payonidhi (ocean of nectar) image of the mūla.