Shloka 3

Śānti-parva 206: Guṇa-hetu Moha, Kāma-krodha Chain, Indriya-utpatti, and Nirodha

Devanagari script

तद्धद्‌ गोडश्वमनुष्येषु तद्धद्धस्तिमृगादिषु । तद्धत्‌ कीटपतड्लेषु प्रसक्तात्मा स्वकर्मभि:

Transliteration

taddhad goḍaśvamanūṣyeṣu taddhaddhastimṛgādiṣu | taddhat kīṭapataṅgeṣu prasaktātmā svakarmabhiḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Cùng một nguyên lý mang sự sống ấy hiện diện nơi bò, ngựa và con người; cũng hiện diện nơi voi, nai và các loài khác; lại hiện diện cả nơi sâu bọ và côn trùng. Thế nhưng mỗi hữu tình mang thân đều bị ràng buộc bởi nghiệp riêng của mình, vẫn vướng mắc—tâm trí chìm trong công việc và nếp sống mà nghiệp đã phân định.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (state/condition)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हत्: struck/afflicted
• हत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• गो: among cows
• गो: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: feminine/masculine, locative, plural

• अश्व: among horses
• अश्व: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• मनुष्येषु: among humans
• मनुष्येषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुष्य
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• तत्: that (same state)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हत्: struck/afflicted
• हत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हस्ति: among elephants
• हस्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन्
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• मृगादिषु: among deer and the like
• मृगादिषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग + आदि
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• तत्: that (same state)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• हत्: struck/afflicted
• हत्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• कीट: among insects/worms
• कीट: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीट
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• पतङ्गेषु: among flying insects/moths
• पतङ्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतङ्ग
• Form: masculine, locative, plural

• प्रसक्तात्मा: one whose self is attached/engrossed
• प्रसक्तात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसक्त + आत्मन्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• स्वकर्मभिः: by/through one’s own actions
• स्वकर्मभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + कर्मन्
• Form: neuter, instrumental, plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• cow/cattle
• horse
• human beings
• elephant
• deer
• worms
• insects