Mahabharata — Shanti Parva, Shloka 12
अव्यक्त-मानस-सृष्टिवादः
Doctrine of Creation from the Unmanifest ‘Mānasa’
Devanagari script
सेनजिदुवाच का बुद्धि: कि तपो विप्र क: समाधिस्तपोधन । किंज्ञानं कि श्रुतं चैव यत् प्राप्प न विषीदसि
Translation
Senajit asked: “O Brahmin rich in austerity, what wisdom is yours—what tapas, what samadhi, what knowledge and what sacred learning—by attaining which you do not sink into sorrow?”
Word by Word
सेनजित्Senajit (proper name)
सेनजित्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसेनजित्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
काwhat? which?
का:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
बुद्धिःintellect, understanding
बुद्धिः:
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
विप्रO brahmin
विप्र:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
कःwhat? which?
कः:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
समाधिःconcentration, meditative absorption
समाधिः:
TypeNoun
Rootसमाधि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तपोधनO one whose wealth is austerity
तपोधन:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootतपोधन
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
ज्ञानम्knowledge
ज्ञानम्:
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
किम्what?
किम्:
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
श्रुतम्learning, what has been heard (scriptural study)
श्रुतम्:
TypeNoun
Rootश्रुत
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed, just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
यत्which (that) (thing)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्यhaving obtained
प्राप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप्
FormAbsolutive (Gerund)
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
विषीदसिyou grieve, you become despondent
विषीदसि:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-सद्
FormPresent, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes