Shloka 15

Prahlāda–Indra Saṃvāda: Kartṛtva (Agency) and Svabhāva (Nature) in the Causation of Karma

Devanagari script

तमेव च यथा दस्युः क्षिप्त्वा गच्छेच्छिवां दिशम्‌ । तथा रजस्तम: कर्माप्युत्सृज्य प्राप्तुयाच्छुभम्‌

Transliteration

tam eva ca yathā dasyuḥ kṣiptvā gacchec chivāṃ diśam | tathā rajas-tamaḥ karmāpy utsṛjya prāpnuyāc chubham ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Như kẻ trộm, sau khi quăng bỏ gánh nặng của của cải đánh cắp, liền không bị ngăn trở mà đi về hướng nơi hắn mong được an toàn và yên ổn; cũng vậy, con người khi từ bỏ những hành động bị thúc đẩy bởi rajas (dục vọng, xao động) và tamas (u tối, mê lầm) thì đạt đến cảnh giới cát tường và thiện ích cao hơn.

Word by Word

• तम्: that (burden/thing)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• दस्युः: a robber/bandit
• दस्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दस्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षिप्त्वा: having thrown away
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)

• गच्छेत्: would go/should go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शिवाम्: auspicious/fortunate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• दिशम्: direction
• दिशम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: so/in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• रजस्: rajas (passion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तमः: tamas (darkness/ignorance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कर्म: action/deed
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned/cast off
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-√सृज्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund)

• प्राप्तुयात्: would attain/should attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√आप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शुभम्: the auspicious good (state/goal)
• शुभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• thief (dasyu)