Shloka 22

Devanagari script

देहांश्व॒ भोगांश्व॒ परिच्छदांश्व॒ त्यक्त्वा मनोज्ञानि सुखानि चैव । स्वधर्मनिष्ठां महतीमवाप्य व्याप्याशु लोकान्‌ यशसा गतास्ते

Transliteration

dehāṁś ca bhogāṁś ca paricchadāṁś ca tyaktvā manojñāni sukhāni caiva | svadharmaniṣṭhāṁ mahatīm avāpya vyāpyāśu lokān yaśasā gatās te ||

Translation

Abandoning their bodies, their enjoyments, and all their possessions, and leaving behind even the pleasures that delight the mind, they attained a great steadfastness in their own dharma. Having swiftly pervaded the worlds with their fame, they passed on—honoured through renown—because they held firmly to righteous duty.

Word by Word

• देहान्: bodies
• देहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• परिच्छदान्: accoutrements/possessions
• परिच्छदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिच्छद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Active

• मनोज्ञानि: pleasing (to the mind)
• मनोज्ञानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मनोज्ञ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• सुखानि: pleasures/happinesses
• सुखानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्वधर्मनिष्ठाम्: steadfastness in one’s own duty
• स्वधर्मनिष्ठाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधर्मनिष्ठा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• महतिम्: great
• महतिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्य: having attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् + आप् (अवाप्)
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• व्याप्य: having pervaded/reached
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्याप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Active

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

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

• यशसा: by/with fame
• यशसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गताः: gone/attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they/those (men)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

शल्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śalya