Shloka 9

Adhyāya 241: Guṇa-sṛṣṭi, Kṣetrajña-sākṣitva, and Śama through Ātma-jñāna (गुणसृष्टिः, क्षेत्रज्ञसाक्षित्वं, शमः)

Devanagari script

कर्म त्वेके प्रशंसन्ति स्वल्पबुद्धिरता नरा: । तेन ते देहजालानि रमयन्त उपासते

Transliteration

karma tv eke praśaṃsanti svalpabuddhiratā narāḥ | tena te dehajālāni ramayanta upāsate |

Translation

ਅਲਪ ਬੁੱਧੀ ਅਤੇ ਅਧੂਰੀ ਸਮਝ ਵਿੱਚ ਫਸੇ ਕੁਝ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਕੇਵਲ ਕਰਮ ਦੀ ਹੀ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ੰਸਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ; ਇਸ ਲਈ ਉਹ ਦੇਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਜਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਰਮ ਕੇ, ਭੋਗਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਲਗਾਵ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ, ਮੁੜ ਮੁੜ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਹੀ ਦੇਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਪਕੜੇ ਰਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• कर्म: action (ritual/works)
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• एके: some (people)
• एके: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• स्वल्पबुद्धिरताः: attached to little/limited understanding
• स्वल्पबुद्धिरताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वल्पबुद्धिरत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तेन: therefore; by that (reason)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• देहजालानि: networks/series of bodies
• देहजालानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहजाल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• रमयन्तः: taking delight (in), enjoying
• रमयन्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रम्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उपासते: serve, resort to, practice
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आस्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma