Shloka 3

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

तद्धद्‌ गोडश्वमनुष्येषु तद्धद्धस्तिमृगादिषु । तद्धत्‌ कीटपतड्लेषु प्रसक्तात्मा स्वकर्मभि:

Transliteration

taddhad goḍaśvamanūṣyeṣu taddhaddhastimṛgādiṣu | taddhat kīṭapataṅgeṣu prasaktātmā svakarmabhiḥ ||

Translation

ભીષ્મ બોલ્યા—એ જ (અંતરાત્મા) ગાય, ઘોડા અને મનુષ્યોમાં છે; એ જ હાથી, મૃગ વગેરેમાં છે; એ જ કીટ-પતંગોમાં પણ છે. પરંતુ દરેક જીવ પોતાના કર્મોથી બંધાઈને તેમાં જ આસક્ત રહે છે.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (state/condition)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हत्: struck/afflicted
• हत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• गो: among cows
• गो: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: feminine/masculine, locative, plural

• अश्व: among horses
• अश्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• मनुष्येषु: among humans
• मनुष्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• तत्: that (same state)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हत्: struck/afflicted
• हत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हस्ति: among elephants
• हस्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन्
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• मृगादिषु: among deer and the like
• मृगादिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग + आदि
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• तत्: that (same state)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हत्: struck/afflicted
• हत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• कीट: among insects/worms
• कीट: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• पतङ्गेषु: among flying insects/moths
• पतङ्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतङ्ग
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• प्रसक्तात्मा: one whose self is attached/engrossed
• प्रसक्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसक्त + आत्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• स्वकर्मभिः: by/through one’s own actions
• स्वकर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• cow/cattle
• horse
• human beings
• elephant
• deer
• worms
• insects