Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अथवा ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठमनुभूतानुपालकम्‌ । कर्तारें जीवलोकस्य कस्माज्जानन्‌ विमुहा[से

Transliteration

athavā brāhmaṇaśreṣṭham anubhūtānupālakam | kartāraṁ jīvalokasya kasmāj jānann vimuhyase ||

Translation

Ou bien—sachant que le brāhmane, le plus éminent parmi les hommes de science sacrée, est le gardien des êtres par sa connaissance réalisée et, pour ainsi dire, le façonnier du monde des vivants—pourquoi tombes-tu encore dans l’illusion ?

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा

• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठम्: the best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अनुभूतानुपालकम्: protector of those who have sought/experienced (his protection)
• अनुभूतानुपालकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुभूत-अनुपालक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तारम्: the creator/maker
• कर्तारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• जीवलोकस्य: of the world of living beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवलोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• कस्मात्: from what cause? why?
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• जानन्: knowing
• जानन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विमुह्यसे: you are deluded / you become confused
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Second, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Brāhmaṇa (as an ideal/foremost Brāhmaṇa)
• jīvaloka (world of living beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Recognizing the sustaining role of realized spiritual wisdom (embodied by the ideal Brāhmaṇa) should remove moha (delusion). Ethical clarity arises when one remembers who upholds life and order and does not let confusion override discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna speaks, questioning someone’s bewilderment: if one already knows the Brāhmaṇa—through realized knowledge and protective duty—to be a preserver and a formative force in the living world, then becoming confused is inconsistent and blameworthy.