Shloka 12
Adhyāya 159 — Dāna–Dakṣiṇā, Āpaddharma Measures, and Prāyaścitta Classifications
Devanagari script
न संत्यजन्त्यात्मकर्म यो न जीर्य॑ति जीर्यत: । यो न पूरयितुं शक्यो लोभ: प्राप्त्या कुरूद्गबह
Transliteration
na santyajantyātmakarma yo na jīryati jīryataḥ | yo na pūrayituṃ śakyo lobhaḥ prāptyā kurūdgbaha ||
Translation
Bhīṣma dijo: «Aun cuando el hombre envejece, no abandona sus hábitos; y la codicia, oh sostén de los Kurus, no es algo que pueda colmarse o satisfacerse mediante la obtención de cosas. La enseñanza es que la edad, por sí sola, no cura el apego, y que la adquisición alimenta el ansia en vez de consumarla».
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
सन्त्यजन्तिthey abandon/renounce
सन्त्यजन्ति:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
FormLat (present indicative), 3rd, plural, Parasmaipada
आत्मकर्मone's own action/duty
आत्मकर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् + कर्मन्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
जीर्यतिdecays/grows old
जीर्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootजॄ
FormLat (present indicative), 3rd, singular, Atmanepada
जीर्यतःof (one) decaying/aging
जीर्यतः:
TypeKridanta
Rootजॄ
Formpresent active participle (śatṛ), masculine/neuter, genitive, singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
पूरयितुम्to fill/satisfy
पूरयितुम्:
TypeKridanta
Rootपूर्/पॄ (पूरयति)
Forminfinitive (tumun)
शक्यःpossible/able (to be done)
शक्यः:
TypeKridanta
Rootशक्
Formpotential passive participle (tavya/ya; here -ya), masculine, nominative, singular
लॊभःgreed
लॊभः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootलोभ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
प्राप्त्याby attainment/through acquisition
प्राप्त्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्राप्ति
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
कुरूद्गबहuncertain reading/unclear word (possibly a vocative or epithet)
कुरूद्गबह:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरु + उद्ग (uncertain) + बह (uncertain)
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaY
Yudhishthira (Kurūdgbaha)G
Greed (lobha)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes