14.25
मानापमानयोस्तुल्यस्
तुल्यो मित्रारिपक्षयोः ।
सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी
गुणातीतः स उच्यते ॥
mānāpamānayos tulyas tulyo mitrāripakṣayoḥ
sarvārambhaparityāgī guṇātītaḥ sa ucyate
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
The same in honor and dishonor, the same toward the side of friend and the side of foe, one who has given up every undertaking, he is called one who has crossed the strands.
नेपालीमा
मान र अपमानमा समान, मित्रको पक्ष र शत्रुको पक्षप्रति समान, हरेक थालनी छाडेको, उसलाई गुण नाघेको भनिन्छ।
Where it sits
The marks and the conduct Arjuna (अर्जुन) asked for in 14.21 close here on the name guṇa-atītaḥ (गुण-अतीतः). The next verse answers the remaining question, how he crosses.
Split: मान-अपमानयोः + तुल्यः + तुल्यः + मित्र-अरि-पक्षयोः + सर्व-आरम्भ-परित्यागी + गुण-अतीतः + सः + उच्यते
māna-apamānayoḥ + tulyaḥ + tulyaḥ + mitra-ari-pakṣayoḥ + sarva-ārambha-parityāgī + guṇa-atītaḥ + saḥ + ucyate
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| मान-अपमानयोः | māna-apamānayoḥ | locative dual | in honor and dishonor. The dual ending is on the pair. |
| तुल्यः | tulyaḥ | nominative | equal, the same. |
| तुल्यः | tulyaḥ | nominative | equal. Said again for the next pair. |
| मित्र-अरि-पक्षयोः | mitra-ari-pakṣayoḥ | locative dual | toward the side of friend and the side of foe. pakṣa (पक्ष) is a side. |
| सर्व-आरम्भ-परित्यागी | sarva-ārambha-parityāgī | nominative | one who has given up every undertaking. parityāgin (परित्यागिन्) is one who abandons. |
| गुण-अतीतः | guṇa-atītaḥ | nominative | one who has crossed the strands. |
| सः | saḥ | nominative | he. The man of 14.22 onward. |
| उच्यते | ucyate | present passive, 3rd singular | is called. vac (वच्). |
The phrases
māna-apamānayoḥ tulyaḥ tulyaḥ mitra-ari-pakṣayoḥ (मान-अपमानयोः तुल्यः तुल्यः मित्र-अरि-पक्षयोः) finishes the pairs. The same in honor and dishonor. The same toward the friend's side and the foe's side. Two locative duals, two uses of tulyaḥ (तुल्यः).
sarva-ārambha-parityāgī guṇa-atītaḥ saḥ ucyate (सर्व-आरम्भ-परित्यागी गुण-अतीतः सः उच्यते) is the name the questions were waiting for. One who has given up every undertaking, he is called one who has crossed the strands. saḥ (सः) gathers the man from 14.22 on. ucyate (उच्यते) is the verb the adjectives have been waiting for.
Sanskrit in this line
māna-apamānayoḥ (मान-अपमानयोः) and mitra-ari-pakṣayoḥ (मित्र-अरि-पक्षयोः) are locative dual. The ending --yoḥ (योः) is "in the pair," said once for two things. Honor and dishonor are one pair. The two sides, friend and foe, are the other. tulyaḥ (तुल्यः) is singular both times because it names the man, not the pair. सः + उच्यते saḥ + ucyate is recited sa ucyate (स उच्यते). aḥ (अः) before the vowel u (उ) drops its visarga and leaves a (अ). It does not become so (सो). That o (ओ) is for a voiced consonant, or for short a (अ) with the avagraha.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say the name he is called. If guṇa-atītaḥ (गुण-अतीतः) is said of the undertakings, stay here. The man is the one who has crossed.