Saturday, October 15, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 3

त्याज्यं दोषवदित्येके कर्म प्राहुर्मनीषिणः ।

यज्ञदानतपःकर्म न त्याज्यमिति चापरे ॥१८- ३॥

tyājyaṃ doṣavadityeke karma prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ ।


yajñadānatapaḥkarma na tyājyamiti cāpare ॥18- 3॥


The thoughtful ones said, the action full of evil is to be abandoned and the others [said] action by sacrifice, gifts, and austerity is not to be abandoned 


tyājyam (gerundive, neuter, accusative, singular) = to be abandoned 

doṣavat (neuter, accusative, singular) = full of evil 

iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (close quotes) 

eke (masculine, nominative, plural) = ones 

karma (neuter, accusative, singular) = action

prāhus (past tense, 3rd person, plural) = they said 

manīṣiṇas (masculine, nominative, plural) = the thoughtful 

yajñadānatapaḥkarma (yajña + dāna + tapas + karma) (neuter, nominative, singular) = action by sacrifice, gifts, and austerity  

na (adverb) (indeclinable) = not

tyājyam (gerundive, neuter, accusative, singular) = to be abandoned 

iti (punctuation) (indeclinable) = (close quotes) 

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and

apare (masculine, nominative, plural) = others


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