Shloka 83

Adhyātma–Adhibhūta–Adhidaivata Correspondences and the Triguṇa Lakṣaṇas (Śānti-parva 301)

Devanagari script

प्रवृत्तिलक्षणं धर्म पश्यामि परमं नूप । मग्नस्य हि परे ज्ञाने कि नु दुःखतरं भवेत्‌

Transliteration

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca: Pravṛtti-lakṣaṇaṁ dharmaṁ paśyāmi paramaṁ nūpa; magnasya hi pare jñāne kiṁ nu duḥkhataraṁ bhavet?

Translation

ਹੇ ਨ੍ਰਿਪ! ਮੈਂ ਪ੍ਰਵ੍ਰਿੱਤੀ-ਲੱਛਣ ਧਰਮ ਨੂੰ ਹੀ ਪਰਮ ਮੰਨਦਾ ਹਾਂ। ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਜੋ ਪਰਮ ਗਿਆਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਗਨ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਸ ਲਈ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ ਬੋਧ ਦੇ ਲੋਪ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡਾ ਦੁੱਖ ਹੋਰ ਕੀ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ?

Word by Word

• प्रवृत्ति-लक्षणम्: having the mark of activity
• प्रवृत्ति-लक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवृत्ति-लक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma, righteous conduct
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पश्यामि: I see/consider
• पश्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (दृश्)
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परमम्: supreme, highest
• परमम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• नृप: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मग्नस्य: of one immersed/sunk
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मग्न
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• परे: in the supreme (state)
• परे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ज्ञाने: in knowledge
• ज्ञाने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• किम्: what?
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• नु: indeed/then (interrogative particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु

• दुःखतरम्: more painful, more grievous
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखतर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• भवेत्: could be/would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: Optative (Potential), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

युधिषछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• nṛpa (a king, addressee)