Chapter 1 (Arjuna-Viṣāda-Yoga (The Yoga of Arjuna's Despondency)), verse 45
Arjuna → Krishna · meter: anuṣṭubh
अहो बत महत् पापं कर्तुं व्यवसिता वयम् | यद् राज्य-सुख-लोभेन हन्तुं स्वजनम् उद्यताः
aho bata mahat pāpaṃ kartuṃ vyavasitā vayam | yad rājya-sukha-lobhena hantuṃ svajanam udyatāḥ
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- aha← ahanominative singular masculine noun[viśiṣṭādvaita]ं न योत्स्यामि इति उक्त्वा बन्धुविश्लेषजनितशोकसंविग्नमानसः सशरं चापं विसृज्य रथोपस्थे उपाविशत्
- ū← unominative dual masculine noun
- bata← batavocative singular masculine noun
- mahat← mahnominative singular neuter noun
- pāpam← pāpaaccusative singular masculine noun
- kartum← kṛnominative singular masculine noun
- vyavasita← vyavasitavocative singular neuter noun
- a← avocative singular masculine noun[viśiṣṭādvaita]र्जुन उवाच संजय उवाच स तु पार्थो महामनाः परमकारुणिको दीर्घबन्धुः परमधार्मिकः सभ्रातृको भवद्भिः अतिघोरैः मारणैः जतुगृहादि[advaita-bhakti]प्रतीकारं स्वप्राणत्राणाय व्यापारमकुर्वाणं बन्धुवधाध्यवसायमात्रेणापि प्रायश्चित्तान्तरहितं वा
- vayam← ajaccusative singular masculine noun
- yat← yatnominative singular masculine noun[advaita-bhakti]येव त्वया पुनः किं विधेयमित्यत आह प्राणादपि प्रकृष्टो धर्मः प्राणभृतामहिंसा पापानिष्पतेः तस्माज्जीवनापेक्षया मरणमेव मम क
- rājya← rājvocative singular masculine noun
- sukha← sukhivocative singular masculine noun
- lobhena← lubhinstrumental singular masculine noun
- hantum← hannominative singular masculine noun
- su← sunominative singular masculine noun[advaita-bhakti]कत्वाद्बन्धुवधो भविष्यत्येव त्वया पुनः किं विधेयमित्यत आह प्राणादपि प्रकृष्टो धर्मः प्राणभृतामहिंसा पापानिष्पतेः तस्माज्
- ajanam← ajaccusative singular masculine noun
- ut← unominative singular masculine noun
- yatās← yatnominative plural masculine noun
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The 8 verses most likely to be intertexts of 1.45, ranked by the Sūtrakṛt substrate's composite score.
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Advaita (Śaṅkara, Anandagiri)
Witnesses: shankara_1.45 · anandgiri_1.45
Viśiṣṭādvaita (Rāmānuja, Vedantadeshika)
Witnesses: ramanuja_1.45 · vedantadeshika_1.45
Dvaita (Madhva, Jayatīrtha)
Witnesses: madhva_1.45 · jayatirtha_1.45
Śuddhādvaita (Vallabha)
Witnesses: vallabha_1.45
Advaita-Bhakti synthesis (Madhusūdana)
Witnesses: madhusudan_1.45
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- स्वजनम्with 1.28, 1.29, 1.30, 1.31