Shloka 36
बलीन्द्रसंवादः — Kāla, Anityatā, and the Limits of Agency
Mahābhārata 12.217
Devanagari script
सूच्या सूत्र यथा वस्त्रे संसारयति वायक: । तद्वत् संसारसूत्र हि तृष्णासूच्या निबद्धयते,जैसे कपड़ा बुननेवाला बुनकर सूईसे वस्त्रमें सूतको पिरो देता है, उसी प्रकार तृष्णारूपी सूईसे संसाररूपी सूत्र ग्रथित होता है
Transliteration
sūcyā sūtraṃ yathā vastre saṃsārayati vāyakaḥ | tadvat saṃsārasūtraṃ hi tṛṣṇāsūcyā nibaddhyate ||
Translation
Dijo Bhishma: «Así como el tejedor, con una aguja, ensarta el hilo a través de la tela, del mismo modo el “hilo” de la existencia mundana queda sujeto y tejido por la aguja del deseo. Es el anhelo el que cose a los seres al saṃsāra y mantiene intacta la trama de nacimientos repetidos y sufrimiento.»
Word by Word
सूच्याwith a needle
सूच्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसूची
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
सूत्रम्thread
सूत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
वस्त्रेin/into the cloth
वस्त्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
संसारयतिthreads/passes through
संसारयति:
TypeVerb
Rootसंसारय् (संसारयति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वायकःthe weaver
वायकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तद्वत्in the same way
तद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्वत्
संसारसूत्रम्the thread of worldly existence
संसारसूत्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंसार-सूत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तृष्णासूच्याby the needle of craving
तृष्णासूच्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतृष्णा-सूची
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
निबद्ध्यतेis bound/fastened
निबद्ध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-बन्ध्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaV
vāyaka (weaver)S
sūcī (needle)S
sūtra (thread)V
vastra (cloth)T
tṛṣṇā (craving)S
saṃsāraVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes