Shloka 91

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

जीवन्तमेव पश्यामि मनसा नात्र संशय: । विनाशो नास्य न हि वै सुखं प्राप्स्यथ मानुषा:

Transliteration

jīvantam eva paśyāmi manasā nātra saṁśayaḥ | vināśo nāsya na hi vai sukhaṁ prāpsyatha mānuṣāḥ ||

Translation

ジャムブカは言った。「我が心の内なる眼で見るに、この子はまことに生きている——疑いはない。彼は滅びぬ。人々よ、汝らもまた必ずや幸福を得るであろう。」

Word by Word

• जीवन्तम्: alive (as object seen)
• जीवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• पश्यामि: I see
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विनाशः: destruction
• विनाशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अस्य: of him/of this (boy)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• वै: certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्स्यथ: you (all) will obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (प्र-आप्)
• Form: Future, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मानुषाः: O men/humans
• मानुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jambuka
• the child (bālaka)