Thursday, October 13, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 17/Verse 18

सत्कारमानपूजार्थं तपो दम्भेन चैव यत् ।

क्रियते तदिह प्रोक्तं राजसं चलमध्रुवम् ॥१७- १८॥

satkāramānapūjārthaṃ tapo dambhena caiva yat ।


kriyate tadiha proktaṃ rājasaṃ calamadhruvam ॥17- 18॥

Austerity which is performed with fraud for the sake of honor, respect, and indeed reverence, here that is declared as rajasic, unsteady, and impermanent. 


satkāramānapūjārtham (satkāra + māna + pūjā + artham) (neuter, nominative, singular) = for the sake of honor, respect, and reverence 

tapas (neuter, nominative, singular) = austerity 

dambhena (masculine, instrumental, singular) = with fraud 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed

yad (pronoun, 3rd person, nominative, singular) = which



kriyate (present tense, passive, 3rd person, singular) = it is performed 

tad (pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, nominative, singular) = that

iha (adverb) (indeclinable) = here

proktam (past passive participle, masculine, accusative, singular) = declared 

rājasam (masculine, accusative, singular) = rajasic 

calam (masculine, accusative, singular) = unsteady

adhruvam (masculine, accusative, singular) = impermanent 


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