Shloka 2

Rajo-guṇa-nirdeśa — Brahmā’s Enumeration of Rajasic Dispositions

Devanagari script

सनन्‍्तापो रूपमायास: सुखदु:खे हिमातपौ । ऐश्वर्य विग्रह: संधिहेतुवादो5रति: क्षमा

Transliteration

sanantāpo rūpam āyāsaḥ sukhaduḥkhe himātapau | aiśvarya-vigrahaḥ sandhi-hetu-vādo 'ratiḥ kṣamā ||

Translation

Vāyu-deva said: “Perpetual anguish, bodily form, exertion, pleasure and pain, cold and heat; contention over power and possessions, arguments about the causes of peace and reconciliation; discontent, and also forbearance—these are among the conditions and dispositions that shape embodied life.”

Word by Word

• सनन्तापः: constant distress/affliction
• सनन्तापः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सनन्ताप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• रूपम्: form/appearance
• रूपम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• आयासः: exertion/fatigue
• आयासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुखदुःखे: pleasure and pain
• सुखदुःखे: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख-दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• हिमातपौ: cold and heat (sun-heat)
• हिमातपौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिम-आतप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• ऐश्वर्यम्: sovereignty/prosperity
• ऐश्वर्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विग्रहः: quarrel/hostility
• विग्रहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सन्धिः: alliance/peace/conciliation
• सन्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हेतुवादः: argumentation based on reasons; disputation
• हेतुवादः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु-वाद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अरतिḥ: discontent/restlessness
• अरतिḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षमा: forbearance/forgiveness
• क्षमा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षमा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu-deva