Shloka 88

अध्याय ७४: अक्रोध–क्षमा–निवासनीति

Chapter 74: Non-anger, Forbearance, and the Ethics of Residence

Devanagari script

यदा स्वमुखमादर्शे विकृतं सो$भिवीक्षते । तदान्तरं विजानीते आत्मानं चेतरं जनम्‌,किंतु जब कभी आइनेमें वह अपने विकृत मुखका दर्शन कर लेता है, तब अपने और दूसरोंमें क्या अन्तर है, यह उसकी समझमें आ जाता है

Transliteration

yadā svamukham ādarśe vikṛtaṃ so’bhivīkṣate | tadāntaraṃ vijānīte ātmānaṃ cetaraṃ janam ||

Translation

“When a man sees his own face distorted in a mirror, he then understands the difference between himself and other people.”

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• स्वमुखम्: one's own face
• स्वमुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वमुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आदर्शे: in a mirror
• आदर्शे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर्श
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विकृतम्: distorted, deformed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अभिवीक्षते: sees, looks at
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वीक्ष्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अन्तरम्: difference
• अन्तरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विजानीते: understands, knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• आत्मानम्: himself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• इतरम्: other
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जनम्: person, people
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

दुष्यन्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• दुष्यन्त (Duṣyanta)
• आदर्श (mirror)