Shloka 41
पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation
Devanagari script
यश्न नोक्तो5थ निर्देश: स्त्रिया मैथुनतृप्तये । तस्य स्मारयतो व्यक्तमधर्मो नास्ति संशय:
Translation
Bhīṣma said: “Even if a woman gives no sign that she seeks satisfaction from sexual union, the man who arouses her desire clearly incurs adharma; of this there is no doubt.”
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
उक्तःspoken/said
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
अथthen/and
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
निर्देशःindication/sign
निर्देशः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्देश
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
स्त्रियाby a woman
स्त्रिया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootस्त्री
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
मैथुनतृप्तयेfor satisfaction through intercourse
मैथुनतृप्तये:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootमैथुन-तृप्ति
FormFeminine, Dative, Singular
तस्यof him/of that (man)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
स्मारयतःof (one) causing to remember/arousing
स्मारयतः:
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Genitive, Singular
व्यक्तम्clearly/manifestly
व्यक्तम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootव्यक्त
अधर्मःunrighteousness/sin
अधर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्तिis/exists
अस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes