Shloka 7

अध्याय ७५ — दैव-पुरुषकार-समन्वयः

Reconciling Contingency and Human Effort

Devanagari script

पश्येमे रोदसी कृष्ण ययोरासन्निमा: प्रजा:

Transliteration

paśyeme rodasī kṛṣṇa yayorāsann imāḥ prajāḥ

Translation

قال بهيماسينا: «انظر، يا كريشنا، إلى هذين العالمين—السماء والأرض—الذين تسكن فيهما جميع الكائنات.» وفي السياق تُبرز كلماته سعة الميدان الأخلاقي الذي تجري فيه أفعال البشر: فالقرارات في الصراع المقبل ستتردد أصداؤها في نظام الحياة كله، لا في مملكةٍ واحدة فحسب.

Word by Word

• पश्य: see, behold
• पश्य: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (दृश्-अर्थे)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), 2, singular, परस्मैपदम्

• इमे: these (two)
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, dual

• रोदसी: the two worlds (heaven and earth)
• रोदसी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोदसी (द्यावापृथिव्यौ)
• Form: feminine, nominative, dual

• कृष्ण: O Krishna
• कृष्ण: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• ययोः: of which two / of whom (two)
• ययोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: feminine, genitive, dual

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: लङ् (imperfect), 3, plural, परस्मैपदम्

• इमाः: these
• इमाः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

• प्रजाः: creatures, subjects, people
• प्रजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा
• Form: feminine, nominative, plural

Speaker

भीमसेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīmasena
• Kṛṣṇa
• rodasī (heaven and earth)
• prajāḥ (beings/subjects)