Shloka 16

Adhyāya 241: Guṇa-sṛṣṭi, Kṣetrajña-sākṣitva, and Śama through Ātma-jñāna (गुणसृष्टिः, क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्षित्वं, शमः)

Devanagari script

तदेतदृषिणा प्रोक्तं विस्तरेणानुमीयते । नवजं शशिन दृष्टवा वक्रतन्तुमिवाम्बरे

Translation

「このことは、マントラを見た聖仙（リシ）によって詳しく説かれている。朔の後、天に現れる新月が、曲がった細い糸のように見えるのを見て、人は同じく推し量るのである。」

Word by Word

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

• एतत्: this (very thing)
• 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
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• विस्तरेण: in detail
• विस्तरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्तर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अनुमीयते: is inferred/understood
• अनुमीयते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-मा
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• नवजम्: new-born/newly arisen
• नवजम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शशिनम्: the moon
• शशिनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Active

• वक्रतन्तुम्: a crooked thread
• वक्रतन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्रतन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• अम्बरे: in the sky
• अम्बरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच