Shloka 18

अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः

Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving

Devanagari script

न जायते तु नृपते कंचित्‌ कालमयं पुनः । परिभ्रमति भूतात्मा द्यामिवाम्बुधरो महान्‌

Transliteration

na jāyate tu nṛpate kaṃcit kālamayaṃ punaḥ | paribhramati bhūtātmā dyām ivāmbudharo mahān ||

Translation

Ô roi, le jīvātman ne renaît pas vraiment comme une créature nouvelle façonnée par le Temps. Il continue plutôt d’errer—passant de condition en condition—tel un grand nuage qui traverse le ciel.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• जायते: is born / arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Lat, Present, Atmanepada, 3, Singular

• तु: but / indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• नृपते: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कंचित्: any (one/thing) at all
• कंचित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चित्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कालम्: time / a period of time
• कालम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• परिभ्रमति: wanders about / roams
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-भ्रम्
• Form: Lat, Present, Parasmaipada, 3, Singular

• भूतात्मा: the embodied self / the being-soul
• भूतात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• द्याम्: the sky
• द्याम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like / as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अम्बुधरः: cloud (water-bearer)
• अम्बुधरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बुधर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parāśara
• nṛpati (the king, addressee)
• bhūtātmā (the embodied self)
• kāla (Time)
• ambudhara (cloud)
• dyu/dyām (sky)