16.11
चिन्तामपरिमेयां च प्रलयान्तामुपाश्रिताः ।
कामोपभोगपरमा एतावदिति निश्चिताः ॥
cintām aparimeyāṃ ca pralayāntām upāśritāḥ
kāmopabhogaparamā etāvad iti niścitāḥ
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) says what they have given themselves over to, and what they have decided.
The verse
They give themselves to immeasurable care that ends only at the dissolution, holding enjoyment of desire as the highest, resolved that this much is all.
नेपालीमा
तिनीहरू असीम चिन्तामा लाग्छन्, जो प्रलयमा मात्र सकिन्छ, कामको भोगलाई सर्वोच्च ठानेर, यति नै सबै हो भन्ने निश्चय गरेर।
Where it sits
The insatiable desire of 16.10 now has a horizon: the care runs until the dissolution, and the decision is that enjoyment is the whole of what there is. The next verse is how that decision makes them strive.
Split: चिन्ताम् + अपरिमेयाम् + च + प्रलय-अन्ताम् + उपाश्रिताः + काम-उपभोग-परमाः + एतावत् + इति + निश्चिताः
cintām + aparimeyām + ca + pralaya-antām + upāśritāḥ + kāma-upabhoga-paramāḥ + etāvat + iti + niścitāḥ
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| चिन्ताम् | cintām | accusative singular | care. Anxiety. Worry. |
| अपरिमेयाम् | aparimeyām | accusative singular feminine | immeasurable. Not to be measured. Agrees with cintām (चिन्ताम्). |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| प्रलय-अन्ताम् | pralaya-antām | accusative singular feminine | ending at the dissolution. Lasting until the world ends. Agrees with cintām (चिन्ताम्). |
| उपाश्रिताः | upāśritāḥ | nominative plural | having resorted to. Who have given themselves over. From upa-ā-śri (उप-आ-श्रि). |
| काम-उपभोग-परमाः | kāma-upabhoga-paramāḥ | nominative plural | those for whom enjoyment of desire is the highest. parama (परम) is the supreme thing. |
| एतावत् | etāvat | nominative singular neuter | this much. So much and no more. |
| इति | iti | indeclinable | thus. It closes what they have resolved. |
| निश्चिताः | niścitāḥ | nominative plural | resolved. Having decided. From nis-ci (निस्-चि). |
The phrases
चिन्ताम् अपरिमेयाम् च प्रलय-अन्ताम् उपाश्रिताः cintām aparimeyām ca pralaya-antām upāśritāḥ is the care. They have resorted to a worry that cannot be measured and that ends only when the world ends. Both adjectives agree with cintām (चिन्ताम्).
काम-उपभोग-परमाः एतावत् इति निश्चिताः kāma-upabhoga-paramāḥ etāvat iti niścitāḥ is the decision. Enjoyment of desire is the highest thing they recognize, and iti (इति) closes the thought etāvat (एतावत्): "this much is all."
Sanskrit in this line
एतावत् + इति etāvat + iti is recited etāvad iti (एतावदिति). t (त्) before a vowel becomes d (द्). iti (इति) is the quotation mark on etāvat (एतावत्). Leave it off, and "this much" becomes the narrator's measure instead of the decision they have made.
Say it back
Cover the English. Say what they hold as highest, and the two words inside iti (इति). If etāvat (एतावत्) is left outside the quotation, stay here.