Shloka 38

अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः | Akṣara-Brahma-Yoga

The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman

Devanagari script

कच्चिन्नो भय वि भ्रष्टश्छिन्ना भ्रमिव नश्यति । अप्रतिष्ठो महाबाहो विमूढो ब्रह्मण: पथि

Transliteration

kaccin no bhaya-vibhraṣṭaś chinnā-bhram iva naśyati | apratiṣṭho mahābāho vimūḍho brahmaṇaḥ pathi ||

Translation

Arjuna said: “Has he not, having fallen away through fear, perished like a severed cloud—left without any footing, O mighty-armed one, bewildered on the path of Brahman?”

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether? (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित्

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• विभ्रष्टः: fallen away, deviated
• विभ्रष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + भ्रष्ट (भ्रंश्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• छिन्नः: cut off, severed
• छिन्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिन्न (छिद्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रमिः: a spinning top
• भ्रमिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रमि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: like, as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• नश्यति: perishes, is ruined
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अप्रतिष्ठः: without support/standing, unstable
• अप्रतिष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्रतिष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महाबाहो: O mighty-armed one
• महाबाहो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाबाहु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विमूढः: bewildered, deluded
• विमूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-मूढ (मुह्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahman / of sacred knowledge
• ब्रह्मणः: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पथि: on the path
• पथि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Kṛṣṇa
• Brahman (brahma)
• cloud (abhra)