Shloka 14
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
Devanagari script
भारं स वहते तस्य ग्रन्थस्यार्थ न वेत्ति यः । यस्तु ग्रन्थार्थतत्त्वज्ञो नास्य ग्रन्थागमो वृथा
Translation
不知经典之义者，不过是背负其书之重担；而通达经典义理之本质（tattva）者，其研习经典决非徒劳。
Word by Word
भारम्burden
भारम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभार
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वहतेcarries/bears
वहते:
TypeVerb
Rootवह्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तस्यof that
तस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
ग्रन्थस्यof the book/treatise
ग्रन्थस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootग्रन्थ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
अर्थम्meaning
अर्थम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअर्थ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
वेत्तिknows
वेत्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootविद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यःbut he who
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
ग्रन्थार्थतत्त्वज्ञःknower of the true purport of the text
ग्रन्थार्थतत्त्वज्ञः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootग्रन्थार्थतत्त्वज्ञ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अस्यof this/for him
अस्य:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
ग्रन्थागमःstudy/learning of the text
ग्रन्थागमः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootग्रन्थागम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वृथाin vain
वृथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा
Speaker
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes