Shloka 13

नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity

Devanagari script

चारित्रमात्मन: पश्यंश्रन्द्रशुद्धमनामयम्‌ । धर्मात्मा लभते कीर्ति प्रेत्य चेह यथासुखम्‌

Transliteration

cāritram ātmanaḥ paśyañ chandraśuddham anāmayam | dharmātmā labhate kīrtiṁ pretya ceha yathāsukham ||

Translation

Бхишма говорит: Кто взирает на своё поведение как на чистое, подобное луне — светлое, без пятна и без порока, — тот праведник обретает добрую славу и вкушает подобающее счастье и здесь, и после смерти — в ином мире.

Word by Word

• चारित्रम्: conduct, character
• चारित्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारित्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पश्यन्: seeing
• पश्यन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• चन्द्र-शुद्धम्: moon-pure, as pure as the moon
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्रशुद्ध
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनामयम्: faultless, free from blemish
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनामय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मात्मा: a righteous-souled man
• धर्मात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लभते: obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• कीर्तिम्: fame
• कीर्तिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रेत्य: having departed (after death)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-इ
• Form: Gerund (त्वान्त/ल्यप्)

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

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• यथा-सुखम्: according to happiness; happily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथासुख

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma