Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 6/Verse 13

समं कायशिरोग्रीवं धारयन्नचलं स्थिरः ।

सम्प्रेक्ष्य नासिकाग्रं स्वं दिशश्चानवलोकयन् ॥६- १३॥


samaṃ kāyaśirogrīvaṃ dhārayannacalaṃ sthiraḥ ।

samprekṣya nāsikāgraṃ svaṃ diśaścānavalokayan ॥6- 13॥

Holding steady the neck, head, and body erect [and] stable. Having focused on the tip of one's own nose and not looking [in any] direction.



samam (masculine, accusative, singular) = erect


kāyaśirogrīvam (kāya + śiras + grīvam) (masculine, accusative, singular) = neck, head, and body 


dhārayan (causative present participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = holding 


acalam (masculine, accusative, singular) = stable 


sthiras (masculine, nominative, singular) = steady


samprekṣya (gerund) (indeclinable) = having focused on  

nāsikāgram (nāsikā + agram) (neuter, accusative, singular) = tip of the nose  


svam (pronoun, masculine, accusative, singular) = one's own  


diśas (masculine, accusative, plural) = direction


ca (adverb) (indeclinable) = and 


anavalokayan (causative participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = not looking 


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