Shloka 21

Daiva–Puruṣakāra Saṃvāda

Kṛpa’s Counsel on Destiny and Human Effort

Devanagari script

सम्यगीहा पुनरियं यो वृद्धानुपसेवते

Transliteration

samyagīhā punariyaṃ yo vṛddhānupasevate

Translation

कृप उवाच—सम्यगीहा पुनरियं यः वृद्धानुपसेवते।

Word by Word

• सम्यक्: properly, rightly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक्
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• ईहा: effort, endeavor
• ईहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईहा
• Form: Feminine, nominative singular

• पुनः: again; moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः
• Form: Avyaya (indeclinable adverb)

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, nominative singular

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, nominative singular

• वृद्धान्: elders
• वृद्धान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध
• Form: Masculine, accusative plural

• उपसेवते: serves; attends upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-सेव्
• Form: Present tense (लट्), 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada

Speaker

कृप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kṛpa
• elders (vṛddhāḥ)