Shloka 29

Karma-Phala Rahasya and the Ethics of Dāna (कर्मफल-रहस्यं दानधर्मश्च)

Devanagari script

इत्येतदृषिणा प्रोक्तमुक्तवानस्मि यद्‌ विभो । शुभाशुभफलप्राप्ती किमत: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

ity etad ṛṣiṇā proktam uktavān asmi yad vibho | śubhāśubha-phala-prāptī kim ataḥ śrotum icchasi ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「大いなる者よ、仙人が説いたことを、私はこのとおり語り終えた。吉果と凶果の得られ方について、なお何を聞きたいのか。」

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिणा: by the sage
• ऋषिणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रोक्तम्: said/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उक्तवान्: have said
• उक्तवान्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Past active participle (क्तवत्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular

• यत्: which/that (what)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शुभाशुभफलप्राप्ती: the attainments of good and bad results (both)
• शुभाशुभफलप्राप्ती: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ + अशुभ + फल + प्राप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Dual

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

• अतः: from this; beyond this; further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्)

• इच्छसि: you desire/wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present (Lat), 2nd, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ṛṣi (a sage)
• vibhu (the addressed listener)