Shloka 7

Adhyāya 33: Brāhmaṇa-Upadeśa on Buddhi, Āśrama-Forms, and Inner Freedom

Devanagari script

बुद्ध्यायं गम्यते मार्ग: शरीरेण न गम्यते । आद्यन्तवन्ति कर्माणि शरीरं कर्मबन्धनम्‌,यह मार्ग बुद्धिगम्य है, शरीरके द्वारा इसे नहीं प्राप्त किया जा सकता। सभी कर्म आदि और अन्तवाले हैं तथा शरीर कर्मका हेतु है

Transliteration

buddhyāyaṁ gamyate mārgaḥ śarīreṇa na gamyate | ādyantavanti karmāṇi śarīraṁ karmabandhanam ||

Translation

ພຣະພຣາຫມັນກ່າວວ່າ: «ທາງນີ້ຈະເຖິງໄດ້ດ້ວຍປັນຍາພິຈາລະນາ; ບໍ່ອາດເຖິງໄດ້ດ້ວຍຮ່າງກາຍ. ກຳທັງປວງມີຕົ້ນແລະມີປາຍ; ແລະຮ່າງກາຍນີ້ແມ່ນເຊືອກຜູກມັດໃຫ້ຕິດກັບກຳ.»

Word by Word

• बुद्ध्या: by/through intellect
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गम्यते: is reached/attained
• गम्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

• मार्गः: path/way
• मार्गः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शरीरेण: by/through the body
• शरीरेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• गम्यते: is reached/attained
• गम्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

• आदि-अन्त-वन्ति: having beginning and end
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्यन्तवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• कर्माणि: actions/deeds
• कर्माणि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कर्म-बन्धनम्: bondage due to action / action-bondage
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मबन्धन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)
• बुद्धि (intellect/discernment)
• शरीर (the body)
• कर्म (action)