Shloka 13

Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)

Devanagari script

समीक्ष्य तुलया पार्थ काम॑ स्वर्ग च भारत | अयं पन्था महर्षीणामियं लोकविदां गति:

Transliteration

samīkṣya tulayā pārtha kāmaṁ svargaṁ ca bhārata | ayaṁ panthā maharṣīṇām iyaṁ lokavidāṁ gatiḥ ||

Translation

Nakula said: “O Pārtha, O Bhārata—having weighed desire and heaven in the balance, this is the path of the great seers; this is the course upheld by those who truly know the world.”

Word by Word

• समीक्ष्य: having examined/considered
• समीक्ष्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), कर्तरि, absolutive (gerund)

• तुलया: by a balance; by weighing
• तुलया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुला
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• पार्थ: O Partha (Arjuna)
• पार्थ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कामम्: desire; pleasure
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• स्वर्गम्: heaven
• स्वर्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• भारत: O Bharata (descendant of Bharata)
• भारत: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पन्थाः: path; way
• पन्थाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पथिन्/पन्था
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महर्षीणाम्: of the great seers
• महर्षीणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकविदाम्: of the knowers of the worlds
• लोकविदाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोकविद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• गतिः: course; goal; way
• गतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Pārtha (Arjuna)
• Bhārata (Bharata-lineage addressee)
• Svarga (heaven)
• Maharṣis (great seers)