Shloka 22
Haṃsa–Sādhya Saṃvāda: Satya, Dama, Kṣamā and the Discipline of Speech
Devanagari script
यदा मृतं च स्वजन न ज्ञास्यसि कदाचन । सुखितं दुःखितं वापि ननु बोद्धव्यमात्मना,“अथवा जब कोई स्वजन मरकर इस लोकसे चला जायगा, तब उसके विषयमें यह कभी नहीं जान सकोगे कि वह सुखी है या दुखी, अतः इस विषयमें तुम्हें स्वयं ही विचार करना चाहिये”
Transliteration
yadā mṛtaṃ ca svajanaṃ na jñāsyasi kadācana | sukhitaṃ duḥkhitaṃ vāpi nanu boddhavyam ātmanā ||
Translation
ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: «ເມື່ອຍາດພີ່ນ້ອງຄົນໜຶ່ງຕາຍ ແລະຈາກໂລກນີ້ໄປແລ້ວ, ເຈົ້າຈະບໍ່ອາດຮູ້ໄດ້ອີກເລີຍວ່າເຂົາສຸກຫຼືທຸກ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນຈົ່ງພິຈາລະນາເອງໃນໃຈ»
Word by Word
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
मृतम्dead (one), deceased
मृतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमृत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
स्वजनम्one's own kinsman/relative
स्वजनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वजन
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
ज्ञास्यसिyou will know
ज्ञास्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
FormSimple Future (Luṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
कदाचनever, at any time
कदाचन:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचन
सुखितम्happy, at ease
सुखितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसुखित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
दुःखितम्unhappy, suffering
दुःखितम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःखित
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
ननुindeed, surely (emphatic)
ननु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootननु
बोद्धव्यम्is to be understood/considered
बोद्धव्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootबुध्
FormGerundive (tavya), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
आत्मनाby oneself
आत्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaS
svajana (kinsman/relative)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes