Shloka 77

Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda

Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तथा ब्रुवाणे तु ब्राह्मणी गौतमी नृप । स्वकर्मप्रत्ययाँललोकान्‌ मत्वार्जुनकमब्रवीत्‌

Transliteration

tasmiṁs tathā bruvāṇe tu brāhmaṇī gautamī nṛpa | svakarma-pratyayān lokān matvārjunakam abravīt ||

Translation

O king, while he was speaking in that manner, the Brahmin woman Gautamī—reflecting that beings attain their respective worlds according to the certainty of their own deeds—addressed Arjunaka.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that (situation/person)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तथा: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• ब्रुवाणे: while (he) was speaking
• ब्रुवाणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• ब्राह्मणी: the Brahmin woman
• ब्राह्मणी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• गौतमी: Gautamī
• गौतमी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतमी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्वकर्मप्रत्ययान्: those based on one’s own deeds (karmic grounds/assurances)
• स्वकर्मप्रत्ययान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वकर्मप्रत्यय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• लोकान्: worlds/realms
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मत्वा: having considered/knowing
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage)

• अर्जुनकम्: Arjunaka (a person named Arjunaka)
• अर्जुनकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुनक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

काल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kāla (Time/Death) (speaker indicated)
• Gautamī (Brāhmaṇī)
• Arjunaka
• Nṛpa (the king addressed)