Shloka 15

भीष्मविक्रमदर्शनं तथा क्रौञ्चारुणव्यूहविधानम् | Bhīṣma’s Ascendancy and the Organization of the Krauñcāruṇa Formation

Devanagari script

शरीरवाड्मनोभिर्यत्‌ कर्म प्रारभते नर: । न्याय्यं*) वा विपरीतं* वा पज्चैते तस्य हेतव:

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | śarīra-vāg-manobhir yat karma prārabhate naraḥ | nyāyyaṃ vā viparītaṃ vā pañcaite tasya hetavaḥ ||

Translation

मनुष्य देह, वाणी आणि मन यांद्वारे जे कर्म आरंभतो—ते न्याय्य असो वा विपरीत—त्यामागे ही पाच कारणे असतात.

Word by Word

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

• वाक्: by/with speech
• वाक्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• मनः: by/with the mind
• मनः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• यत्: which/that (act)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: action, deed
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रारभते: begins, undertakes
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-रभ्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• नरः: a man, person
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न्याय्यम्: proper, just
• न्याय्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: न्याय्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• विपरीतम्: wrong, contrary
• विपरीतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपरीत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• पञ्च: five
• Type: Numeral
• Root: पञ्च

• एते: these
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हेतवः: causes, reasons
• हेतवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेतु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna