Shloka 22.25Unverified draft

स्वभावे सौम्य तिष्ठन्ति शाश्वतं मार्गमाश्रिताः । तत्स्वभावो ममाप्येष यदगाधोऽहमप्लवः ।।6.22.25।।

Meaning

Word-by-word (pada-artha)

WordDevanagariMeaningGrammatical role
svabhāve saumya tiṣṭhanti śāśvataṃ mārgamāśritāḥस्वभावे सौम्य तिष्ठन्ति शाश्वतं मार्गमाश्रिताःstay in their own nature, gentle one, keeping to the eternal pathlocative + vocative + verb plural + accusative adjective + accusative + past participle plural
tatsvabhāvo mamāpyeṣa yadagādho'hamaplavaḥतत्स्वभावो ममाप्येष यदगाधोऽहमप्लवःso this too is my nature, that I am fathomless and cannot be crossednominative pronoun + nominative + genitive pronoun + particle + nominative pronoun + conjunction + nominative adjective + nominative pronoun + nominative adjective

Reference: 6.22.25 · Yuddha Kāṇḍa