Shloka 67

Devanagari script

यक्ष उवाच किंस्विदेको विचरते जात: को जायते पुन: । किंस्विद्धिमस्य भैषज्यं किंस्विदावपनं महत्‌

Transliteration

yakṣa uvāca kiṃsvid eko vicarate jātaḥ ko jāyate punaḥ | kiṃsvid dhim asya bhaiṣajyaṃ kiṃsvid āvapanaṃ mahat ||

Translation

The Yakṣa said: “What is it that moves about alone? Who is it that is born again and again? What is the remedy for this (condition)? And what is the great ‘sowing’ (the supreme act that yields the highest fruit)?”

Word by Word

• यक्षः: the Yaksha
• यक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• स्वित्: indeed / I wonder
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित्

• एकः: one (alone)
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विचरते: moves about / wanders
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular

• जातः: born
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जायते: is born / comes to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular

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

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• स्वित्: indeed / I wonder
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित्

• इदम्: of this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of him/it
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भैषज्यम्: medicine / remedy
• भैषज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भैषज्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• स्वित्: indeed / I wonder
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वित्

• आवपनम्: sowing / planting (seed); source of growth
• आवपनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवपन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• महत्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

यक्ष उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yakṣa