Shloka 112

Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman

Manu’s Instruction

Devanagari script

एष पाणिरपूर्व मे निक्षेपार्थ प्रसारित: । यन्मे धारयसे विप्र तदिदानीं प्रदीयताम्‌

Transliteration

eṣa pāṇir apūrvo me nikṣepārthaṁ prasāritaḥ | yan me dhārayase vipra tad idānīṁ pradīyatām ||

Translation

«هذه يدي، لم أمددها قط على هذا النحو من قبل، قد بُسطت لتتلقى ما يُوضَع فيها. أيها البرهمي، ما كنتَ تحفظه عني ونيابةً عني فليُعطَ لي الآن.»

Word by Word

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पाणिः: hand
• पाणिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपूर्वः: unprecedented, not previously (seen)
• अपूर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपूर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: of me, my
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• निक्षेपार्थम्: for depositing/placing (something), for return
• निक्षेपार्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निक्षेपार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रसारितः: extended, stretched out
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√सृ (प्रसारयति) / प्रसारित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: what, that which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• धारयसे: you hold, you keep
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धृ
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• विप्र: O brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• इदानीम्: now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इदानीम्

• प्रदीयताम्: let it be given (back)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√दा
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (vipra)
• पाणि (hand)