Shloka 16

Adhyāya 177: Pañca-mahābhūta-vicāra and Vṛkṣa-jīva-lakṣaṇa

Five Elements Inquiry and the Status of Plant Life

Devanagari script

श्रिया हुभीक्ष्णं संवासो मोहयत्यविचक्षणम्‌ । सा तस्य चित्त हरति शारदा भ्रमिवानिल:

Translation

La fréquentation assidue de la richesse égare l’homme sans discernement. Elle lui ravit l’esprit, comme le vent d’automne emporte les nuages.

Word by Word

• श्रिया: by/with prosperity (wealth)
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• हुभीक्ष्णम्: again and again; exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयिष्ठ (→ भूयः/भूयिष्ठम्; here as adverbial intensifier)

• संवासः: association; living together; company
• संवासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोहयति: deludes; bewilders
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (मोहयति, causative)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अविचक्षणम्: the undiscerning (person)
• अविचक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविचक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सा: she/that (prosperity/wealth)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him; his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• चित्तम्: mind; heart
• चित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हरति: takes away; steals; carries off
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शारदा: autumnal; of the śarad season
• शारदा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारद
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रमि: cloud-mass; cloud-bank (lit. moving/whirling mass)
• भ्रमि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रमि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वानिलः: wind
• वानिलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच