Shloka 373

अध्याय ३३ — कर्म, दैव, हठ, स्वभाव और पुरुषार्थ पर द्रौपदी का उपदेश

Draupadī on Action, Fate, and Human Effort

Devanagari script

स काम इति मे बुद्धि: कर्मणां फलमुत्तमम्‌ | 'पाँचों ज्ञानेन्द्रियों, मन और बुद्धिकी अपने विषयोंमें प्रवृत्त होनेके समय जो प्रीति होती है, वही मेरी समझमें काम है। वह कर्मोका उत्तम फल है

Transliteration

sa kāma iti me buddhiḥ karmaṇāṃ phalam uttamam |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “In my understanding, that delight which arises when the five senses of knowledge, together with the mind and the intellect, turn toward their respective objects—this is called kāma (desire). It is regarded as the most prized ‘fruit’ that actions yield.”

Word by Word

• सः: that (he/it)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामः: desire
• कामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus/so (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मे: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• बुद्धिः: understanding/opinion
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्मणाम्: of actions
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: best/supreme
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana