Shloka 7

Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)

Devanagari script

यद्‌ यद्धि किंचित्‌ संधाय पुरुषस्तप्यते तप: । सर्वमेतदवाप्नोति विद्यया चेति न: श्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

yad yaddhi kiñcit sandhāya puruṣas tapyate tapaḥ | sarvam etad avāpnoti vidyayā ceti naḥ śrutam ||

Translation

Bhishma disse: “Qualquer objetivo específico que um homem firme em sua mente e pelo qual empreenda austeridades, ele alcança tudo isso—assim ouvimos—pelo poder da penitência disciplinada e pelo conhecimento.”

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• किंचित्: something/anything
• किंचित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किंचित्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• संधाय: having fixed/aimed (one's mind), having resolved
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-धा
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तप्यते: practises austerity/does penance
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एतत्: this (all this)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्नोति: obtains/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• विद्यया: by knowledge/learning
• विद्यया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Plural

• श्रुतम्: heard; (it is) heard/known by hearing
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Past passive participle (PPP), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma