Shloka 20

उशनसः (शुक्रस्य) चरितम् — The Account of Uśanā (Śukra): Yoga, Grievance, and Pacification

Devanagari script

एवं संसरमाणानि जीवान्यहमदृष्टवान्‌ । यथा कर्म तथा लाभ इति शास्त्रनिदर्शनम्‌

Transliteration

evaṁ saṁsaramāṇāni jīvāny aham adṛṣṭavān | yathā karma tathā lābha iti śāstra-nidarśanam ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าได้เห็นด้วยตนเองแล้วว่า สรรพชีวิตเวียนว่ายอยู่ในสังสารวัฏเช่นนี้ คัมภีร์ศาสตราแสดงหลักไว้ว่า—กรรมเป็นเช่นไร ผลที่ได้รับก็เป็นเช่นนั้น

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• संसरमाणानि: wandering (in saṃsāra)
• संसरमाणानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसरत् (धातु: सम्+सृ)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• जीवान्: living beings
• जीवान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अदृष्टवान्: have seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), First, Singular

• यथा: as / according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कर्म: deed, action
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so, accordingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• लाभः: gain, result
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• शास्त्र-निदर्शनम्: scriptural illustration/authority
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र + निदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• jīvāḥ (living beings)
• śāstra (scriptural authority)