9.33
किं पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः पुण्या
भक्ता राजर्षयस्तथा ।
अनित्यमसुखं लोकम्
इमं प्राप्य भजस्व माम् ॥
kiṃ punar brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyā bhaktā rājarṣayas tathā
anityam asukhaṃ lokam imaṃ prāpya bhajasva mām
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
How much more the meritorious devoted brahmins and the royal sages; having reached this joyless, unlasting world, worship me.
नेपालीमा
पुण्य भएका भक्त ब्राह्मण र राजर्षिहरूको त झन् कति कुरा। यो आनन्द नभएको, नटिक्ने लोकमा आइपुगेर मलाई पूजा गर।
Where it sits
9.32 gave the highest goal to the people the line calls low-born, once they resort to him. kim punaḥ (किम् पुनः) is the answer for the brahmins and the royal seers. The verse then leaves the comparison and tells Arjuna (अर्जुन) what to do in the world he has actually reached.
Split: किम् + पुनः + ब्राह्मणाः + पुण्याः + भक्ताः + राज-ऋषयः + तथा + अनित्यम् + असुखम् + लोकम् + इमम् + प्राप्य + भजस्व + माम्
kim + punaḥ + brāhmaṇāḥ + puṇyāḥ + bhaktāḥ + rāja-ṛṣayaḥ + tathā + anityam + asukham + lokam + imam + prāpya + bhajasva + mām
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| किम् | kim | indeclinable | what. With punaḥ (पुनः), "how much more." |
| पुनः | punaḥ | indeclinable | further, again. |
| ब्राह्मणाः | brāhmaṇāḥ | nominative plural | brahmins. |
| पुण्याः | puṇyāḥ | nominative plural | meritorious. |
| भक्ताः | bhaktāḥ | nominative plural | devoted. |
| राज-ऋषयः | rāja-ṛṣayaḥ | nominative plural | royal sages. ṛṣi (ऋषि) is a sage. |
| तथा | tathā | indeclinable | likewise. |
| अनित्यम् | anityam | accusative | not lasting. |
| असुखम् | asukham | accusative | without ease, joyless. |
| लोकम् | lokam | accusative | world. |
| इमम् | imam | accusative | this. |
| प्राप्य | prāpya | gerund | having reached. pra-āp (प्र-आप्). |
| भजस्व | bhajasva | imperative, 2nd singular, middle | worship. |
| माम् | mām | accusative | me. |
The phrases
kim punaḥ (किम् पुनः) has no verb of its own. It leans on 9.32. If they go to the highest goal, how much more these. brāhmaṇāḥ puṇyāḥ bhaktāḥ rāja-ṛṣayaḥ tathā (ब्राह्मणाः पुण्याः भक्ताः राज-ऋषयः तथा) are the brahmins and the royal sages, meritorious and devoted.
अनित्यम् असुखम् लोकम् इमम् प्राप्य anityam asukham lokam imaṃ prāpya is this world, once you have reached it: not lasting, and without ease. bhajasva mām (भजस्व माम्) is the command to the man who is standing in it. Worship me.
Sanskrit in this line
पुनः + ब्राह्मणाः punaḥ + brāhmaṇāḥ is recited punar brāhmaṇāḥ (पुनर्ब्राह्मणाः). The word is punar (पुनर्). At a pause, and in front of a voiceless sound, you hear punaḥ (पुनः). In front of the voiced b (ब्), the r (र्) shows itself. This is not the o (ओ) of rāmaḥ gacchati (रामः गच्छति). That o (ओ) belongs to a nominative in --aḥ (अः).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say kim punaḥ (किम् पुनः) as a "how much more" that finishes 9.32. If it starts a new topic with no one to be more than, stay here.