Round 25 | Språkspelet

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Arief Wibowo Since it has been half an hour and nobody guessing (other than guessing the language of origin), I apologize and change to this one:
yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam

Arief Wibowo Answer for the poem:
SYNONYMS
avyaktaḥ — invisible; ayam — this soul; acintyaḥ — inconceivable; ayam — this soul; avikāryaḥ — unchangeable; ayam — this soul; ucyate — is said; tasmāt — therefore; evam — like this; viditvā — knowing it well; enam — this soul; na — do not; anuśocitum — to lament; arhasi — you deserve.

TRANSLATION
It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable and immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body.

http://vedabase.net/bg/2/25/en

Arief Wibowo C'mon guys,
yogaḥ karmasu kauśalam
all of the word appear in some ways in English

Maleen Schlüter yoga is the cause for karma?

Arief Wibowo Almost... karma as we know it in English doesn't mean what the 'karma' in the quote

Arief Wibowo And kausalam doesn't actually mean 'cause', but not far from it

Maleen Schlüter Hmmm... I remember there were different types of yoga and, if I remember correctly, karma yoga was performing good (altruistic) actions...? does that go in the right direction?

Arief Wibowo Unfortunately it doesn't

In this sentence, yoga stands alone

Arief Wibowo Hmm.. Let me guide thru a hint like this.. What is a karma (as we know it in English)? (is it a verb? or noun?)

Maleen Schlüter I understand, but the question was more if karma could mean 'actions' or 'good deeds' here?

Arief Wibowo Yes, it does

Arief Wibowo Now, the -su = alles (previously)

Maleen Schlüter Thanks for the help

So, yoga is the [something similar to cause] for all good actions. My guess: base?

Arief Wibowo Almost

Arief Wibowo According to the dictionary I have, kausalam means art

Arief Wibowo So it's yoga is the art of all actions
http://vedabase.net/bg/2/50/en

Arief Wibowo (note to self: no sanskrit)
I'll pass the microphone to Maleen Schlüter

I am going to bed now, thanks a lot for playing with me, though I guess I had accidentally made it uninteresting. See you "alles" in tomorrow's round!

Billy James Brightraven Aw man, I missed French, German and Latin? Darn.

Maleen Schlüter Arief, it was very interesting for me!

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