Shloka 27

Abhimanyu’s Assault on Bhīṣma’s Screen; Banner-Felling and Reinforcements (सौभद्र-भीष्म-समरः)

Devanagari script

यज्ञे तपसि दाने च स्थिति: सदिति चोच्यते । कर्म चैव तदर्थीयं सदित्येवाभिधीयते,तथा यज्ञ, तप और दानमें जो स्थिति है, वह भी 'सत' इस प्रकार कही जाती है? और उस परमात्माके लिये किया हुआ कर्म निश्चयपूर्वक सत्‌--ऐसे कहा जाता है*

Transliteration

yajñe tapasi dāne ca sthitiḥ sad iti cocyate | karma caiva tadarthīyaṃ sad ity evābhidhīyate ||

Translation

In sacrifice, austerity, and giving, the steadfast disposition is also called “sat” (“the good/the real”). Likewise, any action undertaken for the sake of That (the Supreme) is indeed designated as “sat.”

Word by Word

यज्ञेin sacrifice

तपसिin austerity

दानेin giving/charity

चand

स्थितिःsteadfastness/firm state

सत्‘sat’ (good/real)

इतिthus/so (quotative)

चalso

उच्यतेis said/called

कर्मaction/deed

चand

एवindeed/just

तत्that

अर्थीयम्intended for that/for that purpose

सत्‘sat’

इतिthus

एवindeed

अभिधीयतेis designated/called

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

sat

yajña

tapas

dāna

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes