18.71
श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च
शृणुयादपि यो नरः ।
सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान्
प्राप्नुयात्पुण्यकर्मणाम् ॥
śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ
so 'pi muktaḥ śubhāṃl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇyakarmaṇām
Kṛṣṇa (कृष्ण) is still speaking, to Arjuna (अर्जुन).
The verse
Even the man of faith who does not find fault, should he hear, he too, released, would reach the auspicious worlds of people whose actions are meritorious.
नेपालीमा
श्रद्धा भएको र दोष नखोज्ने मानिसले सुने मात्र पनि, ऊ पनि मुक्त भएर पुण्य कर्म गर्ने मानिसका शुभ लोकमा पुग्नेछ।
Where it sits
The man who hears, faithful and clear of the fault-finding named in 18.67, is released and reaches those worlds, and the questions then turn back to the man in the chariot.
Split: श्रद्धावान् + अनसूयः + च + शृणुयात् + अपि + यः + नरः + सः + अपि + मुक्तः + शुभान् + लोकान् + प्राप्नुयात् + पुण्य-कर्मणाम्
śraddhāvān + anasūyaḥ + ca + śṛṇuyāt + api + yaḥ + naraḥ + saḥ + api + muktaḥ + śubhān + lokān + prāpnuyāt + puṇya-karmaṇām
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| देवनागरी | Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|---|
| श्रद्धावान् | śraddhāvān | nominative of śraddhāvant (श्रद्धावन्त्) | one who has faith. |
| अनसूयः | anasūyaḥ | nominative | not finding fault. |
| च | ca | indeclinable | and. |
| शृणुयात् | śṛṇuyāt | optative, 3rd singular | he might hear, should he hear. From śru (श्रु). |
| अपि | api | indeclinable | even. |
| यः | yaḥ | nominative | who. |
| नरः | naraḥ | nominative | a man. |
| सः | saḥ | nominative | he. |
| अपि | api | indeclinable | also. |
| मुक्तः | muktaḥ | nominative | released. |
| शुभान् | śubhān | accusative plural | auspicious. Agrees with lokān (लोकान्). |
| लोकान् | lokān | accusative plural | worlds. |
| प्राप्नुयात् | prāpnuyāt | optative, 3rd singular | he would reach. From प्र-आप pra-āp. |
| पुण्य-कर्मणाम् | puṇya-karmaṇām | genitive plural | of those whose actions are meritorious. |
The phrases
śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca śṛṇuyād api yo naraḥ (श्रद्धावाननसूयश्च शृणुयादपि यो नरः) is a man who only hears. With faith, and not finding fault, should he even hear. api (अपि) puts hearing below declaring and below studying.
so 'pi muktaḥ śubhāṃl lokān prāpnuyāt puṇyakarmaṇām (सोऽपि मुक्तः शुभाँल्लोकान् प्राप्नुयात् पुण्यकर्मणाम्) is his lot. He too, released, would reach the auspicious worlds of those whose actions are meritorious. Both verbs are optative.
Sanskrit in this line
शुभान् + लोकान् śubhān + lokān is recited śubhāṃllokān (शुभाँल्लोकान्). n (न्) before l (ल्) becomes the candrabindu, and the l (ल्) is doubled. The mark ँ is that nasal. It is not a vowel and not a separate word. The split is still शुभान् + लोकान् śubhān + lokān. सः + अपि saḥ + api is so 'pi (सोऽपि).
Say it back
Cover the English. Say the hearer's two qualities, and the worlds he would reach. If the candrabindu in śubhāṃllokān (शुभाँल्लोकान्) is read as a separate word, stay here.