Shloka 85

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

यान्येव पुरुष: कुर्वन्‌ सुखै: कालेन युज्यते

Transliteration

yānyeva puruṣaḥ kurvan sukhaiḥ kālena yujyate

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Whatever deeds a person performs, in due course of time he becomes joined with (that is, comes to experience) the corresponding सुख—pleasures and comforts—arising from them.”

Word by Word

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक: य-)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Plural

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

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुर्वन्: doing/performing
• कुर्वन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखैः: with pleasures/happinesses
• सुखैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• कालेन: in due course/with time
• कालेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• युज्यते: is joined with/attains/comes to have
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु; युज्यते = युज् + यक्, आत्मनेपद)
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular, Passive/mediopassive (यक्)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• puruṣa (a person)