Friday, September 30, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16/Verse 11

चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।

कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥१६- ११॥

cintāmaparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntāmupāśritāḥ ।


kāmopabhogaparamā etāvaditi niścitāḥ ॥16- 11॥

Anxiety beyond measure and clinging to an end which is death, holding gratification of desire as the highest, totally convinced.  


cintām (feminine, accusative, singular) = anxiety 

aparimeyām (feminine, accusative, singular) = beyond measure 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

pralayāntām (feminine, accusative, singular) = an end which is death

upāśritās (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, plural) = those clinging 

kāmopabhogaparamās (kāma + upabhoga + paramās) (masculine, nominative, plural) = holding gratification of desire as the highest 

etāvat (adverb) (indeclinable) = so much 

iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (syntax marker) 

niścitās (masculine, nominative, plural) = convinced 

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