Shloka 54

कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः

Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority

Devanagari script

समौ तावपि मे स्यातां न हि मे<स्ति प्रियाप्रियम्‌ । एतदीदृशकं धर्म प्रशंसन्ति मनीषिण:

Transliteration

samau tāv api me syātāṃ na hi me 'sti priyāpriyam | etad īdṛśakaṃ dharmaṃ praśaṃsanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||

Translation

ທັງສອງນັ້ນສຳລັບຂ້ອຍເທົ່າກັນ; ເພາະຂ້ອຍບໍ່ມີສິ່ງໃດທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າຮັກ ຫຼື ຊັງ. ນັກປັນຍາຍ່ອມສັນລະເສີນທຳມະແບບນີ້.

Word by Word

• समौ: equal
• समौ: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• मे: of me / for me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

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

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• मे: of me / for me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रियाप्रियम्: the dear and the not-dear (likes/dislikes)
• प्रियाप्रियम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय + अप्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ईदृशकम्: of this kind / such
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma / righteous conduct
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मनीषिणः: the wise (men)
• मनीषिणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनीषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

तुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Tulādhāra
• Jājali
• manīṣiṇaḥ (the wise)