Shloka 38
Kṣetra–Kṣetrajña-Jñāna–Jñeya-Viveka
Field, Knower, Knowledge, and the Knowable
Devanagari script
दण्डो दमयतामस्मि नीतिरस्मि जिगीषताम् । मौनं चैवास्मि गुह्मानां ज्ञानं ज्ञानवतामहम्?
Translation
ဘုရားသခင်က မိန့်တော်မူသည်— «ထိန်းချုပ်နှိမ်နင်းသူတို့အနက် ငါသည် ဒဏ္ဍ(အပြစ်ပေးအာဏာ)ဖြစ်၏။ အောင်မြင်လိုသူတို့အနက် ငါသည် နီတိ(မူဝါဒနှင့် နည်းလမ်းမှန်)ဖြစ်၏။ လျှို့ဝှက်သင့်သောအရာတို့အနက် ငါသည် ကာကွယ်သော တိတ်ဆိတ်မှုဖြစ်၏။ ဉာဏ်ရှိသူတို့အနက် ငါသည် ဉာဏ်ပညာ(တတ္တဗေဒ)ဖြစ်၏»။
Word by Word
दण्डःrod; punishment; chastising power
दण्डः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दमयताम्of those who restrain/control
दमयताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदमयत् (from √दम्)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
FormPresent, 1st, Singular
नीतिःpolicy; right conduct; strategy
नीतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनीति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
FormPresent, 1st, Singular
जिगीषताम्of those desiring to conquer
जिगीषताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजिगीषत् (desiderative from √जि)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
मौनम्silence
मौनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमौन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
अस्मिI am
अस्मि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Root√अस्
FormPresent, 1st, Singular
गुह्यानाम्of secrets; of confidential matters
गुह्यानाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootगुह्य
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
ज्ञानम्knowledge; true understanding
ज्ञानम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ज्ञानवताम्of the wise/learned
ज्ञानवताम्:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootज्ञानवत्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormNominative, Singular
Speaker
अजुन उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes