Saturday, October 22, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 45

स्वे स्वे कर्मण्यभिरतः संसिद्धिं लभते नरः ।

स्वकर्मनिरतः सिद्धिं यथा विन्दति तच्छृणु ॥१८- ४५॥

sve sve karmaṇyabhirataḥ saṃsiddhiṃ labhate naraḥ ।


svakarmanirataḥ siddhiṃ yathā vindati tacchṛṇu ॥18- 45॥

A devoted person attains perfection in one's own repeated action. How one finds perfection, devoted in one's own action, you must hear that.


sve sve (masculine, locative, singular) = in one's own repeated 

karmaṇi (neuter, locative, singular) = in action 

abhiratas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = devoted  

saṃsiddhim (feminine, accusative, singular) = perfection  

labhate (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one attains

naras (masculine, nominative, singular) = a person 

svakarmaniratas (svakarma + niratas) (feminine, accusative, singular) = devoted in one's own action  

siddhim (feminine, accusative, singular) = perfection 

yathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = how 

vindati (present tense, 3rd person, singular) = one finds

tad (pronoun, 3rd person, neuter, accusative, singular) = that 

śṛṇu (imperative, 2nd person, singular) = you must hear 

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