Shloka 17

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

न चैवमिष्यते ब्रह्म शरीराश्रयसम्भवम्‌ । न यत्नसाध्यं तद्‌ ब्रह्म नादिमध्यं न चान्तवत्‌

Transliteration

na caivamiṣyate brahma śarīrāśrayasambhavam | na yatnasādhyaṃ tad brahma nādimadhyaṃ na cāntavat ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「ブラフマンは、身体を基盤として生じるもの、あるいは身体に依存して成立するものとして思念してはならない。そのブラフマンは、作り出された成果のように、ただ努力によって得られるものではない。始まりも中ほどもなく、終わりに至るものでもない。」

Word by Word

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

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

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• इष्यते: is accepted/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, 3, singular, Kartari (middle usage)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• शरीराश्रयसम्भवम्: arising from dependence on the body
• शरीराश्रयसम्भवम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्भव
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• यत्नसाध्यम्: attainable by effort
• यत्नसाध्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साध्य
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

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

• आदि: beginning
• आदि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदि
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• मध्यम्: middle
• मध्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

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

• अन्तवत्: having an end, finite
• अन्तवत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तवत्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Brahman