कुलार्णव-तन्त्रम्
kulārṇava-tantram
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chapter-2, verse-89
परोक्षं को नु जानीते कस्य किं वा भविष्यति ।
यद्वा प्रत्यक्षफलदं तदेवोत्तमदर्शनम् ॥८९॥
यद्वा प्रत्यक्षफलदं तदेवोत्तमदर्शनम् ॥८९॥
89. parokṣaṁ ko nu jānīte kasya kiṁ vā bhaviṣyati ,
yadvā pratyakṣaphaladaṁ tadevottamadarśanam.
yadvā pratyakṣaphaladaṁ tadevottamadarśanam.
89.
parokṣam kaḥ nu jānīte kasya kim vā bhaviṣyati
yadvā pratyakṣaphaladam tat eva uttamadarśanam
yadvā pratyakṣaphaladam tat eva uttamadarśanam
89.
parokṣam kaḥ nu jānīte,
kasya vā kim bhaviṣyati? yadvā pratyakṣaphaladam,
tat eva uttamadarśanam.
kasya vā kim bhaviṣyati? yadvā pratyakṣaphaladam,
tat eva uttamadarśanam.
89. Who truly knows what is unperceived, or what will happen to whom in the future? Therefore, whatever yields direct results is indeed the highest philosophical view.
Words meanings summery:
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- परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - that which is beyond direct perception
- कः (kaḥ) - who?
- नु (nu) - indeed, pray
- जानीते (jānīte) - knows
- कस्य (kasya) - to whom?
- किम् (kim) - what?
- वा (vā) - or
- भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will happen
- यद्वा (yadvā) - or rather, whichever
- प्रत्यक्षफलदम् (pratyakṣaphaladam) - yielding visible/direct fruit
- तत् (tat) - that
- एव (eva) - alone, indeed
- उत्तमदर्शनम् (uttamadarśanam) - the supreme philosophy
Words meanings and morphology
परोक्षम् (parokṣam) - that which is beyond direct perception
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of parokṣa
parokṣa - invisible, unperceived, beyond the senses
कः (kaḥ) - who?
(pronoun)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, what
नु (nu) - indeed, pray
(indeclinable)
जानीते (jānīte) - knows
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present indicative (laṭ) of jñā
Root: jñā (class 9)
कस्य (kasya) - to whom?
(pronoun)
Genitive, masculine, singular of kim
kim - who, whose
किम् (kim) - what?
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of kim
kim - what
वा (vā) - or
(indeclinable)
भविष्यति (bhaviṣyati) - will happen
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, future (lṛṭ) of bhū
Root: bhū (class 1)
यद्वा (yadvā) - or rather, whichever
(indeclinable)
प्रत्यक्षफलदम् (pratyakṣaphaladam) - yielding visible/direct fruit
(adjective)
Nominative, neuter, singular of pratyakṣaphalada
pratyakṣaphalada - yielding direct or immediate results
Compound type : tatpurusha (pratyakṣa+phala+da)
- pratyakṣa – direct perception
adjective (neuter) - phala – fruit, result
noun (neuter) - da – bestower
adjective (neuter)
Root: dā
तत् (tat) - that
(pronoun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of tad
tad - that
एव (eva) - alone, indeed
(indeclinable)
उत्तमदर्शनम् (uttamadarśanam) - the supreme philosophy
(noun)
Nominative, neuter, singular of uttamadarśana
uttamadarśana - the highest or best philosophical system/view
Compound type : karmadharaya (uttama+darśana)
- uttama – highest, best
adjective (neuter) - darśana – philosophy, vision
noun (neuter)