Shloka 13
ध्यानयोगः — Dhyāna-Yoga
Discipline of Meditation and Mental Restraint
Devanagari script
चातुर्वर्ण्य मया सृष्टं गुणकर्मविभागश: । तस्य कर्तारमपि मां विद्धयकर्तारमव्ययम्
Transliteration
cāturvarṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ | tasya kartāram api māṁ viddhy akartāram avyayam ||
Translation
ಗುಣ ಮತ್ತು ಕರ್ಮಗಳ ವಿಭಾಗದಂತೆ ನಾಲ್ಕು ವರ್ಣಗಳನ್ನು ನಾನು ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ; ಆದರೂ ಅದರ ಕರ್ತನಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಅಕರ್ತ, ಅವ್ಯಯ ಎಂದು ತಿಳಿ.
Word by Word
चातुर्वर्ण्यम्the fourfold social order
चातुर्वर्ण्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचातुर्वर्ण्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular
सृष्टम्created
सृष्टम्:
TypeVerb
Rootसृज्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
गुणकर्मविभागशःaccording to the division of qualities and actions
गुणकर्मविभागशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootगुणकर्मविभाग
FormAvyayībhāva-formed adverb in -शः
तस्यof that (of it)
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormGenitive, Singular
कर्तारम्the doer/creator
कर्तारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्तृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
FormParticle
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormAccusative, Singular
विद्धिknow (you)
विद्धि:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
अकर्तारम्as non-doer (not an agent)
अकर्तारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअकर्तृ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अव्ययम्imperishable
अव्ययम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअव्यय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhagavān (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)C
cāturvarṇya (four varṇas)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes