महापीठादौ स्पर्शदोषाद्यभावःNo fault of touch at the great seats
Verse 105
कर्मणा सुखमश्नन्ति दुःखमश्नन्ति कर्मणा । जायन्ते च प्रलीयन्ते वर्तन्ते कर्मणो वशात् ॥ १०५ ॥
karmaṇā sukhamaśnanti duḥkhamaśnanti karmaṇā | jāyantē ca pralīyantē vartantē karmaṇō vaśāt || 105 ||
Translation
By action they taste happiness, by action they taste sorrow. They are born, they dissolve, they go on, by the power of action.
Word by word
- karmaṇā
- by action
- sukham
- happiness
- aśnanti
- they taste
- duḥkham
- sorrow
- jāyantē
- they are born
- ca
- and
- pralīyantē
- they dissolve
- vartantē
- they go on
- karmaṇō
- (karmaṇaḥ) of action
- vaśāt
- by the power
Meaning
Birth, life and death are all placed under one power. The repetition of "karmaṇā" gives the verse its force.
Commentary
Hariharānanda Bhāratī’s Sanskrit commentary, translated
See the commentary on verse 100.