Shloka 12
आचार्य-धर्मलक्षण-श्रद्धाभक्तिप्राधान्यं तथा लिङ्गे ध्यान-पूजाविधानसंकेतः
Adhyaya 10
Devanagari script
कुशलाकुशलं कर्म धर्माधर्माविति स्मृतौ धारणार्थे महान् ह्य् एष धर्मशब्दः प्रकीर्तितः
Transliteration
kuśalākuśalaṃ karma dharmādharmāviti smṛtau dhāraṇārthe mahān hy eṣa dharmaśabdaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
Translation
कुशलाकुशलं कर्म धर्माधर्माविति स्मृतौ । धारणार्थे महान् ह्येष धर्मशब्दः प्रकीर्तितः ॥
Word by Word
kuśalawholesome, skillful, meritorious
kuśala:
akuśalamunwholesome, unskillful, demeritorious
akuśalam:
karmaaction, deed
karma:
dharmarighteous order, sustaining law, merit-bearing duty
dharma:
adharmaunrighteousness, disorder, demerit-bearing action
adharma:
itithus
iti:
smṛtauin the Smṛti tradition
smṛtau:
dhāraṇārthein the sense of upholding/sustaining
dhāraṇārthe:
mahāngreat, exalted
mahān:
hiindeed
hi:
eṣathis
eṣa:
dharmaśabdaḥthe word “dharma”
dharmaśabdaḥ:
prakīrtitaḥis declared/proclaimed
prakīrtitaḥ:
Speaker
Suta Goswami