Shloka 19

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

तनु स्पर्शे तथा सक्तां वायुं नभसि चाश्रितम्‌ | मोहं तमसि संयुक्त लोभमर्थेषु संश्रितम्‌

Transliteration

tanu-sparśe tathā saktāṃ vāyuṃ nabhasi cāśritam | mohaṃ tamasi saṃyuktaṃ lobham artheṣu saṃśritam ||

Translation

भीष्म बोले— देह स्पर्श-गुण में आसक्त है; वायु का आश्रय आकाश है। मोह तमस से संयुक्त है और लोभ अर्थ-विषयों में आश्रित रहता है।

Word by Word

• तनु: body
• तनु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तनु
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• स्पर्शे: in touch (tactile object)
• स्पर्शे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• सक्ताम्: attached
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्त
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वायुम्: wind/air
• वायुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• नभसि: in the sky/ether
• नभसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• आश्रितम्: resting on; dependent on
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मोहम्: delusion
• मोहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तमसि: in darkness; in tamas
• तमसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• संयुक्तम्: joined/associated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थेषु: in objects/wealth; in sense-objects
• अर्थेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• संश्रितम्: resorting to; dependent on
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संश्रित
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• tanu (body)
• sparśa (touch)
• vāyu (wind/air)
• nabhas/ākāśa (space/ether)
• moha (delusion)
• tamas (darkness; tamas-guṇa)
• lobha (greed)
• artha (objects of pursuit/wealth/sense-objects)