Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 18/Verse 50

सिद्धिं प्राप्तो यथा ब्रह्म तथाप्नोति निबोध मे ।


समासेनैव कौन्तेय निष्ठा ज्ञानस्य या परा ॥१८- ५०॥

siddhiṃ prāpto yathā brahma tathāpnoti nibodha me ।

samāsenaiva kaunteya niṣṭhā jñānasya yā parā ॥18- 50॥

How one attains perfection and thus Brahman attained, indeed briefly from me you must learn the state of knowledge which is the highest, Son of Kunti.


siddhim (feminine, accusative, singular) = perfection 

prāptas (past passive participle, masculine, nominative, singular) = attained 

yathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = how

brahma (neuter, accusative, singular) = Brahman 

tathā (adverb) (indeclinable) = thus 

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

nibodha (imperative, 2nd person, singular) = you must learn 

me (pronoun, 1st person, ablative, singular) = from me 


samāsena (adverb) (indeclinable) = briefly 

eva (adverb) (indeclinable) = indeed

kaunteya (masculine, vocative, singular) = Son of Kunti

niṣṭhā (feminine, nominative, singular) = state 

jñānasya (neuter, genivite, singular) = of knowledge 

yā (feminine, nominative, singular) = which 

parā (feminine, nominative, singular) = highest


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