Shloka 14

Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman

Manu’s Instruction

Devanagari script

इदं चैवापरं प्राह देवी तत्पियकाम्यया । निरयं नैव याता त्वं यत्र याता द्विजर्षभा:

Transliteration

idaṃ caivāparaṃ prāha devī tatpriyakāmyayā | nirayaṃ naiva yātā tvaṃ yatra yātā dvijarṣabhāḥ ||

Translation

इदं चैवापरं प्राह देवी तत्प्रियकाम्यया। निरयं नैव यातस्त्वं यत्र याता द्विजर्षभाः॥

Word by Word

• idam: this
• idam: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

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

• aparam: another (statement)/further
• aparam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: apara
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• prāha: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ah
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular

• devī: the goddess/lady
• devī: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• priya-kāmyayā: with desire for what is dear/for pleasing (him)
• priya-kāmyayā: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya-kāmya
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• nirayam: hell
• nirayam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: niraya
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• eva: at all/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• yātā: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Kta (past passive participle)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra

• yātā: gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Kta (past passive participle)

• dvija-ṛṣabhāḥ: bulls among the twice-born (best Brahmins)
• dvija-ṛṣabhāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija-ṛṣabha
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• devī (a goddess)
• dvijarṣabhāḥ (foremost Brahmins)