Shloka 21
Arjuna’s request to Krishna and the opening of the Kāśyapa–Brāhmaṇa mokṣa discourse (Āśvamedhika-parva 16)
Devanagari script
जातीमरणतत्त्वज्ञं कोविदं पापपुण्ययो: । द्रष्टारमुच्चनीचानां कर्मभिवदेहिनां गतिम्
Transliteration
jātimaraṇatattvajñaṁ kovidaṁ pāpapuṇyayoḥ | draṣṭāram uccanīcānāṁ karmabhir dehināṁ gatiṁ ||
Translation
അദ്ദേഹം ജനനമരണ തത്ത്വജ്ഞനും പാപപുണ്യവിഷയങ്ങളിൽ നിപുണനും ആയിരുന്നു. കർമാനുസാരം ഉച്ച-നീച ദേഹികൾ പ്രാപിക്കുന്ന ഗതികളെ അദ്ദേഹം പ്രത്യക്ഷമായി കണ്ടിരുന്നു.
Word by Word
जाति-मरण-तत्त्व-ज्ञम्knower of the truth of birth and death
जाति-मरण-तत्त्व-ज्ञम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootजाति + मरण + तत्त्व + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कोविदम्learned, skilled
कोविदम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकोविद (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पाप-पुण्ययोःof sin and merit
पाप-पुण्ययोः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपाप + पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Genitive, Dual
द्रष्टारम्seer, witness
द्रष्टारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootद्रष्टृ (प्रातिपदिक; √दृश्)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
उच्च-नीचानाम्of the high and the low
उच्च-नीचानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootउच्च + नीच (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
कर्मभिःby (their) actions
कर्मभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
देहिनाम्of embodied beings
देहिनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदेहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
गतिम्course, destiny, state attained
गतिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगति (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (the speaking Brahmin)स
सिद्ध महर्षि (a perfected great sage, implied by context)क
काश्यप (Kāśyapa, mentioned in the accompanying narrative prose)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes