Shloka 39
मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
Devanagari script
मशकोदुम्बरौ वापि सम्प्रयुक्तो यथा सदा । अन्योन्यमेतौ ख्यातां च सम्प्रयोगस्तथा तयो:
Transliteration
maśakodumbarau vāpi samprayukto yathā sadā | anyonyam etau khyātāṁ ca samprayogas tathā tayoḥ ||
Translation
Bhishma disse: “Assim como um mosquito e um udumbara (figo em cacho) estão sempre em estreita associação e, ainda assim, são reconhecidos como distintos, do mesmo modo deve-se compreender a relação entre o intelecto (buddhi) e o Ser (ātman): permanecem juntos em conjunção, e contudo são diferentes.”
Word by Word
मशकgnat/mosquito
मशक:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमशक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
उदुम्बरौudumbara (cluster fig) (two: fig and insect/gnat as a pair in simile)
उदुम्बरौ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootउदुम्बर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
वाor/also
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
सम्प्रयुक्तौjoined/associated together
सम्प्रयुक्तौ:
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-प्र-युज्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)
यथाas/just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
अन्योन्यम्mutually/each other
अन्योन्यम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअन्योन्य
एतौthese two
एतौ:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Dual
ख्याताम्known/recognized (as)
ख्याताम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootख्यात
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
सम्प्रयोगःassociation/connection
सम्प्रयोगः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसम्प्रयोग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाso/thus/in the same way
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
तयोःof those two
तयोः:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Dual
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaM
maśaka (gnat)U
udumbara (cluster-fig/fruit)B
buddhi (intellect)Ā
ātman (Self)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes