Theodore McCarthy 
४/४/२०२६, ५:३३:१० पू (4/4/2026, 5:33:10 AM)
I liked this derivation of करुण that came to mind:
कृ + उ + नः
कृ धातु करणमेव
उ वैदिके शब्दार्थेति "च"
नः अस्मान्/अस्मभ्यम्/अस्माकम्
k.r means to do
u means "and" in vedic
naH means to us/for us/of us
So karuNa as pity/empathy describes perfectly the experience: there is on the one hand our action karma, that is one bhuuta being manifest in and as action *and* there is something done *to us* (the resonance of how it feels, empathic), *for us* something done (the enaction of dharma as a stabilizing influence and one which reduces suffering by taking the largest posible view), and *of us* something happens (we feel pity because of our openness to feel).
कृ + उ + नः
कृ धातु करणमेव
उ वैदिके शब्दार्थेति "च"
नः अस्मान्/अस्मभ्यम्/अस्माकम्
k.r means to do
u means "and" in vedic
naH means to us/for us/of us
So karuNa as pity/empathy describes perfectly the experience: there is on the one hand our action karma, that is one bhuuta being manifest in and as action *and* there is something done *to us* (the resonance of how it feels, empathic), *for us* something done (the enaction of dharma as a stabilizing influence and one which reduces suffering by taking the largest posible view), and *of us* something happens (we feel pity because of our openness to feel).
२० 
३८.८ सह. 
2 comments
सुमन्तमण्डलः
४/४/२०२६, १०:४६:४८ अ (4/4/2026, 10:46:48 PM)
किं 'मैत्री-करुणा-मुदिता-उपेक्षाणाम्' अभ्यासः केवलं मानसिक-शान्तये एव अस्ति, उत अयम् अभ्यासः अस्माकं 'समाधि-प्राप्तौ' अपि साक्षात् साहाय्यं करोति?
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1 repliesTheodore McCarthy
४/५/२०२६, ४:२६:१९ अ (4/5/2026, 4:26:19 PM)
प्रतिवादस्यपूर्वकज्ञानावश्यकम् मैत्र्यादयः परवस्तुवास्ति मनोभ्यः ॥ तस्य नदन्वचनम् "आम्!" मम अन्वेषोऽस्ति, अस्माऽपि भौतिकमूलम् अन्विच्छामि ॥ तेऽवेषणानि मे समाधिः क्वचित् समीपः क्वचिद् दूरोऽस्ति ॥ न जानामि समाधिं सुलभं भवति प्रवादन्, यत्र मैत्रीवस्तवन्नजानामि अमनसः ॥
Prema Shree
४/२४/२०२६, ९:४३:३७ पू (4/24/2026, 9:43:37 AM)
संस्कृतस्य महिमा!
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