Shloka 22

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्‌ कार्य सक्तमहैतुकम्‌ । अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्‌ तामसमुदाह्ृतम्‌

Transliteration

yat tu kṛtsnavad ekasmin kārye saktam ahaitukam | atattvārthavad alpaṃ ca tat tāmasam udāhṛtam ||

Translation

But that understanding which clings to a single task as though it were the whole, without rational grounds, and which is shallow and contrary to the true nature of things—this is declared to be tamasic (tāmasa).

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कृत्स्नवत्: as if whole/complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्नवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एकस्मिन्: in one (place/thing)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कार्ये: in an action/task
• कार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सक्तम्: attached/engaged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अहेतुकम्: without proper motive/cause
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहेतुक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अतत्त्वार्थवत्: having unreal/incorrect meaning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतत्त्वार्थवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अल्पम्: small/insignificant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• तत्: that (is)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तामसम्: tamasic (of darkness/ignorance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तामस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उदाहृतम्: is said/called
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (हृ)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna