Shloka 10

धर्मद्वारबहुत्वविमर्शः — Reflection on the Many ‘Doors’ of Dharma (Śānti-parva 342)

Devanagari script

गौणानि तत्र नामानि कर्मजानि च कानिचित्‌ । निरुक्त कर्मजानां त्वं शृणुष्व प्रयतो5नघ

Transliteration

gauṇāni tatra nāmāni karmajāni ca kānicit | niruktaṃ karmajānāṃ tvaṃ śṛṇuṣva prayato 'nagha ||

Translation

ਉੱਥੇ ਕੁਝ ਨਾਮ ਗੁਣਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਗੌਣ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਨਾਮ ਕਰਮਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਉਤਪੰਨ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ। ਹੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਪਾਪ! ਇਕਾਗ੍ਰ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਕਰਮਜ ਨਾਮਾਂ ਦੀ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਸੁਣ।

Word by Word

• गौणानि: secondary, figurative
• गौणानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गौण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• तत्र: there, in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• कर्मजानि: born from deeds (action-derived)
• कर्मजानि: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मज
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कानिचित्: some (certain)
• कानिचित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कानि-चित्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• निरुक्त: explained, etymologically interpreted
• निरुक्त: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + वच्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्मजानाम्: of the action-derived (names)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्मज
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• शृणुष्व: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• प्रयतः: attentive, composed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रयत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna