Shloka 20

जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः

Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry

Devanagari script

स्पर्शनं स्पर्शती स्पर्शान्‌ बुद्धिर्विक्रियतेडसकृत्‌ । यदा प्रार्थयते किज्चित्‌ तदा भवति सा मनः

Transliteration

sparśanaṁ sparśatī sparśān buddhir vikriyate 'sakṛt | yadā prārthayate kiñcit tadā bhavati sā manaḥ ||

Translation

Disse Bhīṣma: “O contato (sparśa) toca os contatos dos sentidos, e o intelecto (buddhi) é repetidamente alterado e perturbado. Quando essa mesma faculdade começa a buscar ou desejar algo, então ela se torna ‘mente’ (manas) — o impulso que pergunta, escolhe e corre atrás dos objetos.”

Word by Word

• स्पर्शनम्: touch (the act/sense of touching)
• स्पर्शनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• स्पर्शति: touches
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्पृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्पर्शान्: objects of touch / contacts
• स्पर्शान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• बुद्धिः: intellect
• बुद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• विक्रियते: is modified / undergoes change
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + कृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• असकृत्: repeatedly, again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

• यदा: when
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• प्रार्थयते: desires / requests / seeks
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अर्थय्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• किञ्चित्: something, anything
• किञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किञ्चित्

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• भवति: becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सा: that (she/it), that very (intellect)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma