Shloka 20

Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman

Manu’s Instruction

Devanagari script

धर्म उवाच द्विजाते पश्य मां धर्ममहं त्वां द्रष्टमागत: । जप्यस्यास्य फल यत्तत्‌ सम्प्राप्तं तच्च मे शूणु,धर्म बोले--विप्रवर! तुम मेरी ओर देखो। मैं धर्म हूँ और तुम्हारा दर्शन करनेके लिये आया हूँ। तुम्हें इस झपका जो फल प्राप्त हुआ है, वह सब मुझसे सुन लो

Transliteration

dharma uvāca | dvijate paśya māṃ dharmam ahaṃ tvāṃ draṣṭum āgataḥ | japyasyāsya phalaṃ yat tat samprāptaṃ tac ca me śṛṇu |

Translation

ダルマは言った。「おお、二度生まれし者よ、我を見よ。我こそダルマ、汝に会うために来た。いま、このジャパ（聖なる誦唱）によって汝が得た果報を、我が口より聞くがよい。」

Word by Word

• धर्मः: Dharma (personified)
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्विजाते: O twice-born (brahmin)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्य: see, look
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: Dharma
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• आगतः: come, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: Past active participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जप्यस्य: of what is to be muttered/recited
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जप्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्: which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• सम्प्राप्तम्: obtained, attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: Past passive participle (kta), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative/Genitive, Singular

• शृणु: hear, listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धर्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Dvija (Brahmin/initiated person)
• Japa (sacred recitation)