Shloka 22

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

यत्तु कृत्स्नवदेकस्मिन्‌ कार्य सक्तमहैतुकम्‌ । अतत्त्वार्थवदल्पं च तत्‌ तामसमुदाह्ृतम्‌

Transliteration

yat tu kṛtsnavad ekasmin kārye saktam ahaitukam | atattvārthavad alpaṃ ca tat tāmasam udāhṛtam ||

Translation

ಮತ್ತು ಯಾವ ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಒಂದೇ ಕಾರ್ಯದಲ್ಲೇ ಅದನ್ನೇ ಸಮಸ್ತವೆಂದು ಭಾವಿಸಿ, ಕಾರಣವಿಲ್ಲದೆ ಆಸಕ್ತವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೋ; ತತ್ತ್ವಕ್ಕೆ ವಿರುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ, ಅಲ್ಪವೂ ಸಂಕುಚಿತವೂ ಆಗಿರುವುದೋ—ಅದು ತಾಮಸವೆಂದು ಘೋಷಿಸಲಾಗಿದೆ.

Word by Word

• यत्: which/that (thing)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कृत्स्नवत्: as if whole/complete
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्नवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• एकस्मिन्: in one (place/thing)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective (numeral)
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कार्ये: in an action/task
• कार्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• सक्तम्: attached/engaged
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अहेतुकम्: without proper motive/cause
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहेतुक
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अतत्त्वार्थवत्: having unreal/incorrect meaning
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतत्त्वार्थवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अल्पम्: small/insignificant
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• तत्: that (is)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• तामसम्: tamasic (of darkness/ignorance)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तामस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उदाहृतम्: is said/called
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-आ-हृ (हृ)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna