Shloka 7
Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure
Devanagari script
कर्मणा लिप्यते जन्तुर्वाचा च मनसापि च,जीव मन, वाणी और क्रियाके द्वारा हिंसाके दोषसे लिप्त होता है, किंतु जो क्रमशः पहले मनसे, फिर वाणीसे और फिर क्रियाद्वारा हिंसाका त्याग करके कभी मांस नहीं खाता, वह पूर्वोक्त तीनों प्रकारकी हिंसाके दोषसे भी मुक्त हो जाता है
Translation
A creature is stained by the fault of violence through deed, through speech, and even through the mind. But one who, in due order, abandons violence first in thought, then in word, and then in action—and therefore never eats meat—is freed even from the taint of those three kinds of violence spoken of above.
Word by Word
कर्मणाby action/deed
कर्मणा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
लिप्यतेis tainted/smeared
लिप्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootलिप्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive
जन्तुःa living being/creature
जन्तुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाचाby speech
वाचा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मनसाby mind
मनसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमनस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Cross References
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes