Shloka 21

Devanagari script

उक्तो मार्गस्त्रयाणां च तत्तथैव समाचर । जिज्ञासा न तु कर्तव्या धर्मस्य परितर्कणात्‌

Transliteration

ukto mārgaḥ trayāṇāṃ ca tat tathaiva samācara | jijñāsā na tu kartavyā dharmasya paritarkaṇāt ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「三つの権威によって説かれたダルマの道を、そのまま正確に歩み、かくのごとく実践せよ。たんなる論争や詭弁に寄りかかってダルマを『究明』しようとしてはならぬ。」

Word by Word

• उक्तः: said, stated
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उक्त (√वच्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मार्गः: path, way
• मार्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रयाणाम्: of the three
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• समाचर: practice, follow
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-चर्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• जिज्ञासा: desire to know, inquiry
• जिज्ञासा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जिज्ञासा (√ज्ञा)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कर्तव्या: to be done, ought to be done
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य (√कृ)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• परितर्कणात्: from/through (mere) reasoning, from over-argumentation
• परितर्कणात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: परितर्कण
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma