Shloka 34

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

यस्य वाड्मनसी स्यातां सम्यक्‌ प्रणिहिते सदा

Transliteration

yasya vāḍmanasī syātāṃ samyak praṇihite sadā

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: “Dia yang tutur kata dan fikirannya sentiasa terkawal dengan tepat serta diarahkan dengan teguh—”

Word by Word

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मनसी: mind (and)
• मनसी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Dual

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

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्

• प्रणिहिते: when (they are) directed/placed (upon something)
• प्रणिहिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-नि-धा
• Form: Feminine/Neuter, Locative, Dual, Past passive participle (क्त)

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma