Shloka 34

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

यस्य वाड्मनसी स्यातां सम्यक्‌ प्रणिहिते सदा

Transliteration

yasya vāḍmanasī syātāṃ samyak praṇihite sadā

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—“ಯಾರ ವಾಣಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮನಸ್ಸು ಸದಾ ಸಮ್ಯಕ್‌ವಾಗಿ ನಿಯಂತ್ರಿತವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಥಿರವಾಗಿ ನೆಲೆಸಿರುತ್ತವೋ—”

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मनसी: mind (and)
• मनसी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

• स्याताम्: may be / should be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Dual, Parasmaipada

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• प्रणिहिते: when (they are) directed/placed (upon something)
• प्रणिहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नि-धा
• Form: Feminine/Neuter, Locative, Dual, Past passive participle (क्त)

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma