Shloka 27

Vyāsa’s Counsel to Yudhiṣṭhira: Pratismṛti-vidyā, Arjuna’s Aśtra-Quest, and the Move to Kāmyaka

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ दुःखादिदं दुःखं गरीय इति मे मति:

Transliteration

tasmād duḥkhād idaṃ duḥkhaṃ garīya iti me matiḥ

Translation

Kaya nga, kung ihahambing sa dalamhating iyon, ang dalamhating ito ay wari ko’y higit na mabigat.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• दुःखात्: from (that) sorrow
• दुःखात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गरीयः: heavier, greater (more severe)
• गरीयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गरियस् (गुरु-तुल्यतर/गुरु-तरा)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus, (saying) that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मे: of me, my
• मे: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• मतिः: thought, opinion, understanding
• मतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana