Saturday, October 22, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 42

शमो दमस्तपः शौचं क्षान्तिरार्जवमेव च ।


ज्ञानं विज्ञानमास्तिक्यं ब्रह्मकर्म स्वभावजम् ॥१८- ४२॥

śamo damastapaḥ śaucaṃ kṣāntirārjavameva ca ।

jñānaṃ vijñānamāstikyaṃ brahmakarma svabhāvajam ॥18- 42॥

Tranquility, control, austerity, purity, patience, uprightness, and indeed, knowledge, discrimination, piety is the action of brahmans arising from one's own nature. 


śamas (masculine, nominative, singular) = tranquility  

damas (masculine, nominative, singular) = control

tapas (neuter, nominative, singular) = austerity 

śaucam (neuter, nominative, singular) = purity 

kṣāntis (feminine, nominative, singular) = patience 

ārjavam (neuter, nominative, singular) = uprightness  

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed

ca (conjunction) (indeclinable) = and


jñānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = knowledge

vijñānam (neuter, nominative, singular) = discrimination 

āstikyam (neuter, nominative, singular) = piety  

brahmakarma (neuter, nominative, singular) = action of brahmans  

svabhāvajam (neuter, nominative, singular) = arising from one's own nature 

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