Shloka 22

Saṃhāra-krama (The Sequence of Cosmic Dissolution) — Yājñavalkya’s Discourse

Devanagari script

दुर्बलश्ष यथा राजन्‌ स्रोतसा हियते नर: । बलहीनस्तथा योगो विषयैह्ियतेडवश:,राजन! जैसे दुर्बल मनुष्य पानीके वेगसे बह जाता है, उसी तरह दुर्बल योगी विवश होकर विषयोंकी ओर खिंच जाता है

Transliteration

durbalaś ca yathā rājan srotasā hriyate naraḥ | balahīnas tathā yogo viṣayair hriyate 'vaśaḥ ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「王よ、か弱き人が流れの勢いに押し流されるように、力を欠いたヨーガの修行は、抗いがたく感官の対象へと引きずられてしまう。」

Word by Word

• दुर्बलः: weak
• दुर्बलः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्बल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यथा: just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्रोतसा: by the current/stream
• स्रोतसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रोतस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ह्रियते: is carried away
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलहीनः: devoid of strength
• बलहीनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलहीन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• योगी: a yogin
• योगी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योगिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विषयैः: by/through sense-objects
• विषयैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषय
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• ह्रियते: is drawn/carried away
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• अवशः: helpless, involuntary
• अवशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (Yudhishthira, implied addressee)