Shloka 13
Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession
Devanagari script
यत् किंचिन्मन्यसे<स्तीति सर्व नास्तीति विद्धि तत् । एवं न व्यथते प्राज्ञ: कृच्छामप्यापदं गत:
Translation
Whatever you take to be “existent,” know that all of it is “non-existent.” The wise man who understands thus is not shaken, even when he has fallen into the hardest calamity.
Word by Word
यत्whatever/that which
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
किंचित्anything, something
किंचित्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिंचित्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
मन्यसेyou think/consider
मन्यसे:
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (मन्यते)
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Atmanepada, Indicative
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative
इतिthus/“that” (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Indicative
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
विद्धिknow (you), understand
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
एवम्thus, in this way
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
व्यथतेis distressed, is pained
व्यथते:
TypeVerb
Rootव्यथ् (व्यथते)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Indicative
प्राज्ञःthe wise man
प्राज्ञः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्राज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृच्छाम्hard, severe
कृच्छाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृच्छ्र
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
आपदम्calamity, misfortune
आपदम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआपद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
गतःgone to, having reached
गतः:
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (गत)
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes