Shloka 32
अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa
Devanagari script
एवमेषो5सकृत्पूर्व क्रीडार्थमभिमन्यते
Transliteration
evameṣo 'sakṛt pūrvaṁ krīḍārtham abhimanyate
Translation
Thus, again and again as before, he imagines it to be merely a play—treating what should be weighed with seriousness as if it were only for sport.
Word by Word
एवम्thus, in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
एषःthis (person/one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
असकृत्repeatedly, more than once
असकृत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअसकृत्
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
क्रीडार्थम्for the sake of play/sport
क्रीडार्थम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootक्रीडार्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अभिमन्यतेthinks, considers, imagines
अभिमन्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootअभि√मन्
FormLat, Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
Speaker
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse criticizes the tendency to trivialize serious matters: a person repeatedly falls into the habit of treating life, duty, or moral consequence as mere entertainment, which signals ethical carelessness and delusion.
Vasiṣṭha is commenting on someone’s recurring mindset—describing how, as in the past, he again and again ‘considers it play,’ implying a repeated failure to learn or to adopt a sober, dharmic perspective.