12.19
तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिर्मौनी सन्तुष्टो येन केनचित् ।
अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्मे प्रियो नरः ॥
tulyanindāstutir maunī santuṣṭo yena kenacit
aniketaḥ sthiramatir bhaktimān me priyo naraḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) continues. naraḥ (नरः) is the man the nominatives of 12.18 were describing.
The verse
The silent man for whom blame and praise are equal, content with whatever comes, homeless, of steady mind, possessing devotion — that man is dear to me.
नेपालीमा
निन्दा र प्रशंसा बराबर भएको, जे आए पनि सन्तुष्ट, घरबार नभएको, स्थिर मन भएको, भक्ति भएको त्यो मौन मानिस मलाई प्रिय छ।
Where it sits
12.18 set him even in the pairs and left the sentence open. This verse closes the portrait on naraḥ (नरः). One man, dear, and the list of nominatives is finished.
Split: तुल्य-निन्दा-स्तुतिः + मौनी + सन्तुष्टः + येन + केन + चित् + अ-निकेतः + स्थिर-मतिः + भक्तिमान् + मे + प्रियः + नरः
tulya-nindā-stutiḥ + maunī + santuṣṭaḥ + yena + kena + cit + a-niketaḥ + sthira-matiḥ + bhaktimān + me + priyaḥ + naraḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| तुल्य-निन्दा-स्तुतिः | tulya-nindā-stutiḥ | nominative, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | for whom blame and praise are equal. nindā (निन्दा) "blame," stuti (स्तुति) "praise." |
| मौनी | maunī | nominative of maunin (मौनिन्) | silent. |
| सन्तुष्टः | santuṣṭaḥ | nominative singular | content. |
| येन | yena | instrumental of yad (यद्) | by which. |
| केन | kena | instrumental of kim (किम्) | by what. |
| चित् | cit | indeclinable | the indefinite. "-ever." |
| अ-निकेतः | a-niketaḥ | nominative singular | without a home. niketa (निकेत) "dwelling." |
| स्थिर-मतिः | sthira-matiḥ | nominative, bahuvrīhi (बहुव्रीहि) | whose mind is steady. mati (मति) "mind, thought." |
| भक्तिमान् | bhaktimān | nominative | possessing devotion. |
| मे | me | dative | to me. |
| प्रियः | priyaḥ | nominative | dear. |
| नरः | naraḥ | nominative | a man. |
The phrases
tulyanindāstutiḥ maunī santuṣṭaḥ yena kena cit (तुल्यनिन्दास्तुतिः मौनी सन्तुष्टः येन केन चित्) is the man at the close of the list. Blame and praise are equal for him, he is silent, he is content with whatever comes. stutiḥ maunī (स्तुतिः मौनी) is recited stutir maunī (स्तुतिर्मौनी). santuṣṭaḥ yena (सन्तुष्टः येन) is santuṣṭo yena (सन्तुष्टो येन).
aniketaḥ sthiramatiḥ bhaktimān me priyaḥ naraḥ (अनिकेतः स्थिरमतिः भक्तिमान् मे प्रियः नरः) names him. Homeless, steady-minded, possessing devotion, a man dear to me. sthiramatiḥ bhaktimān (स्थिरमतिः भक्तिमान्) is sthiramatir bhaktimān (स्थिरमतिर्भक्तिमान्). priyaḥ naraḥ (प्रियः नरः) is priyo naraḥ (प्रियो नरः).
Sanskrit in this line
yena kena cit (येन केन चित्) is the indefinite instrumental, "by whatever," "with anything at all." yena (येन) is the relative, kena (केन) is the interrogative, and cit (चित्) takes the question out of it. santuṣṭaḥ (सन्तुष्टः) takes that instrumental: content with the thing, whatever the thing is. Do not ask which thing. The grammar refuses the question.
Say it back
What blame and praise are for him, and what he is content with. If yena kena cit (येन केन चित्) becomes one particular gift, stay here.