Shloka 13

मृत्योर्ब्रह्मणा नियोजनम् — The Commissioning of Mṛtyu by Brahmā

Devanagari script

क्लेदनं शोकमनसो: संतापं तृष्णया सह | सत्त्वमिच्छसि संतोषाच्छान्तिलक्षणमुत्तमम्‌

Transliteration

kledanaṃ śokamanasaḥ santāpaṃ tṛṣṇayā saha | sattvam icchasi santoṣāc chāntilakṣaṇam uttamam ||

Translation

Dijo Vyāsa: «Si buscas la paz más alta—señalada por la serenidad—, permaneciendo en el contento debes escoger la disposición sāttvika (sattva). El sattva, junto con el contento, seca y quema la pena de la mente y la fiebre de la sed del deseo, disolviéndolas como el agua caliente ablanda y deshace el arroz».

Word by Word

• क्लेदनम्: soaking, wetting (as an effect)
• क्लेदनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेदन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शोकमनसोः: of (the two:) grief and mind / of the grief-stricken mind
• शोकमनसोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोकमनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Dual

• संतापम्: burning pain, torment
• संतापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संताप
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तृष्णया: with/through craving
• तृष्णया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृष्णा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Karana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• सत्त्वम्: sattva (purity, goodness)
• सत्त्वम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छसि: you desire
• इच्छसि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• संतोषात्: from contentment / by reason of contentment
• संतोषात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतोष
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• शान्तिलक्षणम्: having the mark of peace; characterized by tranquility
• शान्तिलक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्तिलक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उत्तमम्: best, supreme
• उत्तमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa