Shloka 49

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

अद्य शोकं विजानामि मानुषाणां महीतले । स्नेहं हि कारणं कृत्वा ममाप्यश्रूण्यथापतन्‌

Transliteration

adya śokaṁ vijānāmi mānuṣāṇāṁ mahītale | snehaṁ hi kāraṇaṁ kṛtvā mamāpy aśrūṇy athāpatan ||

Translation

Jambuka sprach: „Heute erkenne ich wahrhaft den Kummer, den die Menschen auf Erden erfahren. Denn es ist die Anhaftung—die Zuneigung als Ursache nehmend—die selbst meine Tränen hat fallen lassen.“

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• शोकम्: sorrow
• शोकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• विजानामि: I understand/know clearly
• विजानामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मानुषाणाम्: of humans
• मानुषाणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• महीतले: on the surface of the earth
• महीतले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीतल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• स्नेहम्: affection/attachment
• स्नेहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कारणम्: cause/reason
• कारणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having made/taking as
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada (usage)

• मम: of me/my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अश्रूणि: tears
• अश्रूणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्रु
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• अपतन्: fell (down)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत्
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• जम्बुक (Jambuka)
• मानुष (human beings)
• महीतल (earth)