Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 7

Dvaipāyana–Kīṭa Saṃvāda: Karmic Memory, Fear of Death, and Embodied Pleasure

Devanagari script

कर्मणा लिप्यते जन्तुर्वाचा च मनसापि च

Translation

众生因行为、言语与心念而染著暴害之过。然而，若有人依次舍离暴害——先于心中舍，继于言中舍，终以身行舍——因此从不食肉，则亦能解脱前述三种暴害之罪垢。

Word by Word

• कर्मणा: by action/deed
• कर्मणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• लिप्यते: is tainted/smeared
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive

• जन्तुः: a living being/creature
• जन्तुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वाचा: by speech
• वाचा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• मनसा: by mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

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

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