Shloka 33
अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः
Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving
Devanagari script
कथं न विप्रणश्येम योनितो<स्या इति प्रभो । कुर्वन्ति धर्म मनुजा: श्रुतिप्रामाण्यदर्शनात्,'प्रभो! हम कौन ऐसा उपाय करें, जिससे हमें इस मनुष्य-योनिसे नीचे न गिरना पड़े' यह सोचकर और वैदिक प्रमाणोंपर विचार करके मनुष्य धर्मका अनुष्ठान करते हैं
Transliteration
kathaṁ na vipraṇaśyema yonito ’syā iti prabho | kurvanti dharma manuṣyāḥ śrutiprāmāṇyadarśanāt ||
Translation
Parāśara said: “O lord, thinking, ‘How might we not perish—how might we not fall down from this human birth into lower states?’ and reflecting on the authoritative validity of Vedic revelation, people undertake the practice of dharma.”
Word by Word
कथम्how?
कथम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम्
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
विप्रणश्येमmight we perish / fall away
विप्रणश्येम:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-नश्
FormVidhi-linga, optative, 1, plural, Parasmaipada
योनितःfrom the womb/species (state of birth)
योनितः:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootयोनि
Formfeminine, ablative, singular
अस्याःof this (human) [yoni]
अस्याः:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
Formfeminine, genitive, singular
इतिthus (quoting)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
प्रभोO lord
प्रभो:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
कुर्वन्तिthey do / perform
कुर्वन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormLat, present, 3, plural, Parasmaipada
धर्मम्dharma, righteous duty
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
Formmasculine, accusative, singular
मनुजाःmen, human beings
मनुजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनुज
Formmasculine, nominative, plural
श्रुति-प्रामाण्य-दर्शनात्from/through considering the authority of śruti (Veda)
श्रुति-प्रामाण्य-दर्शनात्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootदर्शन
Formneuter, ablative, singular
Speaker
पराशर उवाच
Characters & Entities
P
ParāśaraP
prabhu (addressed lord/master)M
manuṣyāḥ (human beings)Ś
śruti (Vedic revelation)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes