Shloka 38

Adhyāya 262: Śabda-brahman, Para-brahman, and the Ethics of Tyāga

Kapila–Syūmaraśmi Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

यस्मिन्नेवात्मतीर्थे न पशव:ः प्राप्तुयुर्मखम्‌ । अथ सम कर्मणा केन वाणिज प्राप्तुयात्‌ सुखम्‌

Transliteration

yasminnevātmatīrthe na paśavaḥ prāptuyur makham | atha samakarmaṇā kena vāṇija prāptuyāt sukham ||

Translation

जर या आत्मतीर्थातच पशु (म्हणजे अज्ञ) यज्ञाला प्राप्त होऊ शकत नाहीत, तर मग कोणत्या साध्या बाह्य कर्माने वणिक खरे सुख मिळवील?

Word by Word

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• आत्मतीर्थे: in the self as a sacred ford (inner pilgrimage-place)
• आत्मतीर्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मतीर्थ
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• पशवः: animals
• पशवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राप्तुयुः: would attain/should attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मखम्: sacrifice (yajña)
• मखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मख
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सम्: together/fully (prefix)
• Type: Indeclinable (Preverb)
• Root: सम्

• कर्मणा: by action/deed
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• केन: by what?/by which?
• केन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वाणिज: O merchant
• Type: Noun (Vocative)
• Root: वाणिज्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्राप्तुयात्: would attain/should attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सुखम्: happiness
• सुखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• चुलाधार (Cūlādhāra)
• वाणिज (merchant interlocutor)
• पशवः (animals)
• मख (sacrifice)