महानिर्वाण-तन्त्रम्
mahānirvāṇa-tantram
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chapter-14, verse-111
कुर्वाणः सततं कर्म कृत्वा कष्टशतान्यपि ।
तावन्न लभते मोक्षं यावत् ज्ञानं न विन्दति ॥१११॥
तावन्न लभते मोक्षं यावत् ज्ञानं न विन्दति ॥१११॥
111. kurvāṇaḥ satataṁ karma kṛtvā kaṣṭaśatānyapi ,
tāvanna labhate mokṣaṁ yāvat jñānaṁ na vindati.
tāvanna labhate mokṣaṁ yāvat jñānaṁ na vindati.
111.
kurvāṇaḥ satatam karma kṛtvā kaṣṭaśatāni api
tāvat na labhate mokṣam yāvat jñānam na vindati
tāvat na labhate mokṣam yāvat jñānam na vindati
111.
kurvāṇaḥ satatam karma kṛtvā kaṣṭaśatāni api
yāvat jñānam na vindati tāvat mokṣam na labhate
yāvat jñānam na vindati tāvat mokṣam na labhate
111. Continually performing action and even undergoing hundreds of hardships, one does not attain liberation as long as one does not find knowledge.
Words meanings summery:
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- कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - performing, doing, acting
- सततम् (satatam) - continually, constantly, always
- कर्म (karma) - action, karma, ritual
- कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed
- कष्टशतानि (kaṣṭaśatāni) - hundreds of hardships, hundreds of difficulties
- अपि (api) - even, also
- तावत् (tāvat) - then, to that extent (so long, then)
- न (na) - not
- लभते (labhate) - obtains, attains, gets
- मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation, release, mokṣa
- यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until
- ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, jñāna
- न (na) - not
- विन्दति (vindati) - finds, discovers, attains
Words meanings and morphology
कुर्वाणः (kurvāṇaḥ) - performing, doing, acting
(adjective)
Nominative, masculine, singular of kurvāṇa
kurvāṇa - performing, doing
Present Active Participle
derived from the root kṛ in ātmanepada
Root: kṛ (class 8)
सततम् (satatam) - continually, constantly, always
(adverb)
Note: used as an adverb meaning continually
कर्म (karma) - action, karma, ritual
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of karman
karman - action, ritual action, karma
Root: kṛ (class 8)
कृत्वा (kṛtvā) - having done, having performed
(indeclinable)
absolutive / gerund
formed with the suffix tyā from the root kṛ
Root: kṛ (class 8)
Note: absolutive
कष्टशतानि (kaṣṭaśatāni) - hundreds of hardships, hundreds of difficulties
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, plural of kaṣṭaśata
kaṣṭaśata - hundred of hardships
Compound type : tatpurusha (kaṣṭa+śata)
- kaṣṭa – hardship, difficulty, pain
noun (neuter) - śata – hundred
noun (neuter)
अपि (api) - even, also
(indeclinable)
तावत् (tāvat) - then, to that extent (so long, then)
(indeclinable)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
लभते (labhate) - obtains, attains, gets
(verb)
3rd person , singular, middle, present (laṭ) of labh
Root: labh (class 1)
मोक्षम् (mokṣam) - liberation, release, mokṣa
(noun)
Accusative, masculine, singular of mokṣa
mokṣa - liberation, release
Root: muc (class 6)
यावत् (yāvat) - as long as, until
(indeclinable)
ज्ञानम् (jñānam) - knowledge, jñāna
(noun)
Accusative, neuter, singular of jñāna
jñāna - knowledge, awareness
Root: jñā (class 9)
न (na) - not
(indeclinable)
विन्दति (vindati) - finds, discovers, attains
(verb)
3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of vid
Root: vid (class 6)