Shloka 40

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

क्वासे क्व च गमिष्यामि को न्वहं किमिहास्थित: । कस्मात्‌ किमनुशोचेयमित्येवं स्थापयेन्मन:

Transliteration

kvāse kva ca gamiṣyāmi ko nvahaṃ kimihāsthitaḥ | kasmāt kimanuśoceyamityevaṃ sthāpayenmanaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo Janaka: «¿Dónde estoy en verdad, y adónde he de ir? ¿Quién soy realmente, y por qué permanezco aquí en tal condición? ¿Por qué causa, y por qué cosa, habría de afligirme?» Así debe uno aquietar la mente, volviéndola una y otra vez a esta indagación, para cortar el dolor nacido de la confusión y asentar el discernimiento.

Word by Word

• क्व: where?
• क्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• आसे: do I sit / am I seated?
• आसे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• क्व: where?
• क्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्व

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गमिष्यामि: shall I go?
• गमिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: Lrt (simple future), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नु: indeed / pray
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• आस्थितः: standing / remaining / situated
• आस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु) / आस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• कस्मात्: from what? / why?
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• अनुशोचेयम्: should I lament?
• अनुशोचेयम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-शुच् (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एवम्: in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• स्थापयेत्: one should place/steady
• स्थापयेत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) (णिच्: स्थापय-)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• मनः: the mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

Speaker

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Characters & Entities

• Janaka