Shloka 36
बलीन्द्रसंवादः — Kāla, Anityatā, and the Limits of Agency
Mahābhārata 12.217
Devanagari script
सूच्या सूत्र यथा वस्त्रे संसारयति वायक: । तद्वत् संसारसूत्र हि तृष्णासूच्या निबद्धयते,जैसे कपड़ा बुननेवाला बुनकर सूईसे वस्त्रमें सूतको पिरो देता है, उसी प्रकार तृष्णारूपी सूईसे संसाररूपी सूत्र ग्रथित होता है
Transliteration
sūcyā sūtraṃ yathā vastre saṃsārayati vāyakaḥ | tadvat saṃsārasūtraṃ hi tṛṣṇāsūcyā nibaddhyate ||
Translation
ビーシュマは語った。「織り手が針を用いて糸を布に通すように、この世の生存という『糸』は渇愛という針によって結び留められ、織り上げられる。欲望こそが衆生を輪廻（サンサーラ）へ縫い付け、再生と苦の布を保ち続けるのだ。」
Word by Word
सूच्याwith a needle
सूच्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसूची
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
सूत्रम्thread
सूत्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसूत्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
वस्त्रेin/into the cloth
वस्त्रे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
संसारयतिthreads/passes through
संसारयति:
TypeVerb
Rootसंसारय् (संसारयति)
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वायकःthe weaver
वायकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवायक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तद्वत्in the same way
तद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्वत्
संसारसूत्रम्the thread of worldly existence
संसारसूत्रम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंसार-सूत्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
तृष्णासूच्याby the needle of craving
तृष्णासूच्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतृष्णा-सूची
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
निबद्ध्यतेis bound/fastened
निबद्ध्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootनि-बन्ध्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Passive
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaV
vāyaka (weaver)S
sūcī (needle)S
sūtra (thread)V
vastra (cloth)T
tṛṣṇā (craving)S
saṃsāraVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes