Shloka 313

Śreyas-nirdeśa (Discerning the Superior Good): Nārada–Gālava Saṃvāda

Devanagari script

वाड्मन:कर्मयज्ञश्व भविष्याम्युदगायने । सूर्यके उत्तरायण होनेपर शान्तिमय यज्ञमें तत्पर

Translation

当太阳进入北行期（Uttarāyaṇa）之时，我将勤修寂静之祭：制伏诸根，专志于梵祭（Brahma-yajña），并以思惟为业。我将奉行三种祭：语祭（Vāk-yajña）——以持诵（japa）与自习经典（svādhyāya）为祭；意祭（Mano-yajña）——以禅定为祭；行祭（Karma-yajña）——以无求之心（niṣkāma）实践经论所制之行持为祭。

Word by Word

• वाक्: speech
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• मनः: mind
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कर्म: action/ritual act
• कर्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञः: sacrifice; worship
• यज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• भविष्यामि: I shall be / I shall become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उदगायने: at the northward course (of the sun); in udagayana/uttarāyaṇa
• उदगायने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदगायन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच