Friday, May 15, 2015

2nd Chapter 34th Sloka

अकीर्तिं चापि भूतानि कथयिष्यन्ति तेऽव्ययाम् ।
सम्भावितस्य चाकीर्तिर्मरणादतिरिच्यते ॥२.३४॥

akīrtiṃ cāpi bhūtāni kathayiṣyanti te’vyayām |
sambhāvitasya cākīrtirmaraṇādatiricyate ||2.34||

अकीर्तिम् 2/1 0 अपि 0 भूतानि 1/3 कथयिष्यन्ति III/3 ते 6/1 अव्ययाम् 2/1
सम्भावितस्य 6/1 0 अकीर्तिः 1/1 मरणात् 5/1 अतिरिच्यते III/1 ॥२.३४॥

·         अकीर्तिम् [akīrtim] = dishonour = अकीर्ति (f.) 2/1
·         [ca] = and = अव्ययम्
·         अपि [api] = also = अव्ययम्
·         भूतानि [bhūtāni] = beings = भूत (n.) 1/3
·         कथयिष्यन्ति [kathayiṣyanti] = (they) will speak = कथ् (10U) to speak + लृट्/कर्तरि/III/3
·         ते [te] = your = युष्मद् (pron. m.) + 6/1
·         अव्ययाम् [avyayām] = unending = अव्यया (f.) adj. to अकीर्तिम् 2/1
·         सम्भावितस्य [sambhāvitasya] = hor the honoured = सम्भावित (m.) + 6/1
·         [ca] = and = अव्ययम्
·         अकीर्तिः [akīrtiḥ] = dishonour = अकीर्ति (f.) 1/1
·         मरणात् [maraṇāt] = than death = मरण (m.) + विभक्ते 5/1
·         अतिरिच्यते [atiricyate] = is worse = अति + रिच् (7U) to excel + लट्/कर्मणि/III/1

Also, people will speak of your unending infamy. For the honoured, dishonour is surely worse than death.


Sentence 1:
भूतानि 1/3 0 अपि 0 ते 6/1 अव्ययाम् 2/1 अकीर्तिम् 2/1 कथयिष्यन्ति III/3
Also ( 0 अपि 0), people (भूतानि 1/3) will speak (कथयिष्यन्ति III/3) of your (ते 6/1) unending (अव्ययाम् 2/1) infamy (अकीर्तिम् 2/1).

Sentence 2:
सम्भावितस्य 6/1 0 अकीर्तिः 1/1 मरणात् 5/1 अतिरिच्यते III/1 ॥२.३४॥
For the honoured (सम्भावितस्य 6/1), dishonour (अकीर्तिः 1/1) is surely worse (अतिरिच्यते III/1) than death (मरणात् 5/1).


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