Shloka 16

मनुरुवाच — इन्द्रिय-मनः-ज्ञान-क्रमः

Manu on the hierarchy of senses, mind, and knowledge

Devanagari script

तद्‌ धिया ध्यायति ब्रह्म जपन्‌ वै संहिताम्‌ हिताम्‌ । संन्यस्यत्यथवा तां वै समाधौ पर्यवस्थित:

Transliteration

tad dhiyā dhyāyati brahma japan vai saṁhitām hitām | saṁnyasyaty athavā tāṁ vai samādhau paryavasthitaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : L’esprit discipliné, il contemple Brahman et récite la saṃhitā sacrée, bienfaisante. Ou bien, ayant renoncé à tout le reste, il demeure fermement établi dans le samādhi—absorbé dans le silence intérieur et la vérité.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (Brahman/that object)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धिया: with the intellect, by thought
• धिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• ध्यायति: meditates
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्रह्म: Brahman, the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• जपन्: reciting, muttering
• जपन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• संहिताम्: the collection/compilation (text), the Saṃhitā
• संहिताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संहिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• हिताम्: beneficial, salutary
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हित
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally, Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• संन्यस्यति: renounces, lays aside
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-नि-√अस्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• ताम्: that (Saṃhitā/that thing)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• समाधौ: in samādhi, in deep concentration
• समाधौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समाधि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पर्यवस्थितः: steadfast, established (remaining)
• पर्यवस्थितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-अव-स्था
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त) used predicatively, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahman
• saṁhitā (sacred compendium/text)