Shloka 25

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

मया प्रमाणं हि कृतं लोक: समनुवर्तते

Transliteration

mayā pramāṇaṃ hi kṛtaṃ lokaḥ samanuvartate

Translation

“I have indeed set the standard; the world follows in accordance with it.”

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, तृतीया, एकवचन

• प्रमाणम्: a standard; an authority; a measure
• प्रमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमाण
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हि: indeed; for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कृतम्: made; established
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन, कर्मणि (passive sense)

• लोकः: the world; people
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समनुवर्तते: follows; conforms
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अनु + वृत्
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन, present

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• loka (the world/people)