Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 16/Verse 21

त्रिविधं नरकस्येदं द्वारं नाशनमात्मनः ।

कामः क्रोधस्तथा लोभस्तस्मादेतत्त्रयं त्यजेत् ॥१६- २१॥

trividhaṃ narakasyedaṃ dvāraṃ nāśanamātmanaḥ ।


kāmaḥ krodhastathā lobhastasmādetattrayaṃ tyajet ॥16- 21॥

This gate of hell, destructive of the self, is threefold: desire, anger, and also greed. Therefore, one should abandon this triad. 


trividham (neuter, nominative, singular) = threefold 

narakasya (masculine, genitive, singular) = of hell 

idam (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, nominative, singular) = this 

dvāram (neuter, nominative, singular) = gate

nāśanam (neuter, nominative, singular) = destructive 

ātmanas (masculine, gentive, singular) = of the self



kāmas (masculine, nominative, singular) = desire 

krodhas (masculine, nominative, singular) = anger 

tathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = and also 

lobhas (masculine, nominative, singular) = greed 

tasmāt (masculine, ablative, singular) = therefore 

etad (neuter, accusative, singular) = this 

trayaṃ (neuter, accusative, singular) = triad  

tyajet (optative, 3rd person, singular) = one should abandon

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