9.30
अपि चेत्सुदुराचारो
भजते मामनन्यभाक् ।
साधुरेव स मन्तव्यः
सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः ॥
api cet sudurācāro bhajate mām ananyabhāk
sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
If even a person of very bad conduct worships me, devoted to no other, he is to be thought a good person indeed, for he has resolved rightly.
नेपालीमा
यदि अति खराब आचरण भएको मानिस पनि, अरू कसैमा भक्ति नराखी, मलाई पूजा गर्छ भने, उसलाई साँच्चै असल मानिस मान्नुपर्छ, किनकि उसले ठीक निश्चय गरेको छ।
Where it sits
9.29 put the devotee in him. This verse will not let the conduct have the last word, provided the worship is undivided. 9.31 will say how fast the change is, and will make Arjuna (अर्जुन) promise the rest.
Split: अपि + चेत् + सु-दुर्-आचारः + भजते + माम् + अनन्य-भाक् + साधुः + एव + सः + मन्तव्यः + सम्यक् + व्यवसितः + हि + सः
api + cet + su-dur-ācāraḥ + bhajate + mām + ananya-bhāk + sādhuḥ + eva + saḥ + mantavyaḥ + samyak + vyavasitaḥ + hi + saḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| अपि | api | indeclinable | even. |
| चेत् | cet | indeclinable | if. |
| सु-दुर्-आचारः | su-dur-ācāraḥ | nominative | one whose conduct is very bad. su (सु) presses dur (दुर्), "bad." ācāra (आचार) is conduct. |
| भजते | bhajate | present, 3rd singular, middle | worships. |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
| अनन्य-भाक् | ananya-bhāk | nominative | devoted to no other. bhāk (भाक्) is from bhaj (भज्), "sharing in." |
| साधुः | sādhuḥ | nominative | a good person. |
| एव | eva | indeclinable | indeed, just. |
| सः | saḥ | nominative | he. |
| मन्तव्यः | mantavyaḥ | gerundive, nominative | to be thought. One should think. man (मन्). |
| सम्यक् | samyak | indeclinable | rightly. |
| व्यवसितः | vyavasitaḥ | nominative | resolved. vi-ava-so (वि-अव-सो). |
| हि | hi | indeclinable | for. |
| सः | saḥ | nominative | he. |
The phrases
अपि चेत् सु-दुर्-आचारः api cet su-dur-ācāraḥ opens with a hard case. Even if the conduct is very bad. भजते माम् अनन्य-भाक् bhajate mām ananya-bhāk is the condition inside the hard case. He worships him, and the worship has no other share.
sādhuḥ eva saḥ mantavyaḥ (साधुः एव सः मन्तव्यः) is the order to the hearer. He is to be thought a good person. samyak vyavasitaḥ hi saḥ (सम्यक् व्यवसितः हि सः) gives the reason. He has resolved rightly.
Sanskrit in this line
सम्यक् + व्यवसितः samyak + vyavasitaḥ is recited samyag vyavasitaḥ (सम्यग्व्यवसितः). k (क्) before the voiced v (व्) becomes g (ग्). ananya-bhāk (अनन्य-भाक्) is a nominative with no visarga, a consonant stem, like suhṛt (सुहृत्) in 9.18 and bhūta-bhṛt (भूत-भृत्) in 9.5.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say what one is to think of him. If mantavyaḥ (मन्तव्यः) is replaced by the bad conduct as the last word, stay here.