Shloka 16

Adhyāya 177: Pañca-mahābhūta-vicāra and Vṛkṣa-jīva-lakṣaṇa

Five Elements Inquiry and the Status of Plant Life

Devanagari script

श्रिया हुभीक्ष्णं संवासो मोहयत्यविचक्षणम्‌ । सा तस्य चित्त हरति शारदा भ्रमिवानिल:

Translation

Sống kề cận mãi với phú quý khiến kẻ thiếu trí bị mê hoặc. Nó cướp lấy tâm trí hắn, như gió mùa thu cuốn bay mây trời.

Word by Word

• श्रिया: by/with prosperity (wealth)
• श्रिया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• हुभीक्ष्णम्: again and again; exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयिष्ठ (→ भूयः/भूयिष्ठम्; here as adverbial intensifier)

• संवासः: association; living together; company
• संवासः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवास
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मोहयति: deludes; bewilders
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह् (मोहयति, causative)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अविचक्षणम्: the undiscerning (person)
• अविचक्षणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अविचक्षण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सा: she/that (prosperity/wealth)
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him; his
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• चित्तम्: mind; heart
• चित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• हरति: takes away; steals; carries off
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शारदा: autumnal; of the śarad season
• शारदा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारद
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रमि: cloud-mass; cloud-bank (lit. moving/whirling mass)
• भ्रमि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रमि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वानिलः: wind
• वानिलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच