Monday, September 7, 2015

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 1/Verse 45

Chapter 1/Verse 45

अहो बत महत्पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् ।

यद्राज्यसुखलोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनमुद्यताः ॥१-४५॥

aho bata mahatpāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam ।

yadrājyasukhalobhena hantuṃ svajanamudyatāḥ

॥1-45॥

Aha! Alas! We are determined to perform a great sin, that which with greed for royal pleasures we are prepared to slay a kinsman.  


aho (interjection) (indeclinable) = aha!

bata (interjection) (indeclinable) = alas!

mahatpāpam (stem form: mahatpāpa) (mahat + pāpam) (karmadhāraya compound, masculine, accusative, singular) = great sin

kartum (verb root: kṛ) (infinitive) (indeclinable) = to perform

vyavasitās (verb root: so) (vi + ava + sitās) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = determined  

vayam (pronoun, 1st person, nominative, plural) = we

yad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, accusative, singular) = that which

rājyasukhalobhena (rājya + sukha + lobhena) (tatpurūṣa compound, masculine, instrumental, singular) = with greed for royal pleasures

hantum (verb root: han) (infinitive) (indeclinable) = to slay

svajanam (stem form: svajana) (masculine, accusative, singular) = kinsman

udyatās (verb root: yam) (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = prepared

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