Shloka 27

अव्यक्त-गुण-पुरुषविवेकः | Avyakta, Guṇas, and Discrimination of Puruṣa

Devanagari script

अभिमन्यत्यसम्बोधात्‌ तथैव त्रिविधान्‌ गुणान्‌ । सत्त्वं रजस्तमश्लैव धर्मार्थो काम एव च

Transliteration

abhimanyaty asambodhāt tathaiva trividhān guṇān | sattvaṁ rajas tamaś caiva dharmārtho kāma eva ca ||

Translation

Vasiṣṭha disse: “Por falta de verdadeiro entendimento, a pessoa identifica-se equivocadamente com as três guṇas como se fossem o Si—sattva, rajas e tamas—e do mesmo modo com os fins da vida: dharma, artha e kāma.”

Word by Word

• अभिमन्यति: thinks/imagines (as)
• अभिमन्यति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि√मन्
• Form: Lat (Present), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• असम्बोधात्: from non-understanding/ignorance
• असम्बोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: असम्बोध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• तथा: thus/so
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• त्रिविधान्: threefold
• त्रिविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गुणान्: qualities/guṇas
• गुणान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सत्त्वम्: sattva (purity/clarity)
• सत्त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्त्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• रजः: rajas (activity/passion)
• रजः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तमः: tamas (darkness/inertia)
• तमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• धर्मः: dharma (duty/virtue)
• धर्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थः: artha (wealth/purpose)
• अर्थः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कामः: kāma (desire/pleasure)
• कामः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• sattva
• rajas
• tamas
• dharma
• artha
• kāma