Shloka 48
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
नीयते यमदूतैस्तु यमस्याज्ञाकरैर्बलात्
Transliteration
nīyate yamadūtais tu yamasya ājñākarair balāt
Translation
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—যমৰ আদেশ পালন কৰা যমদূতসকলে তাক বলপূৰ্বক লৈ যায়; বিচাৰৰ সময় আহিলে কৰ্মফল অনিবাৰ্যভাৱে প্ৰকাশ পায়—এই কথাই ইয়াত প্ৰকাশিত।
Word by Word
नीयतेis being led/taken
नीयते:
Karma
TypeVerb
Rootनी (नयति)
FormPresent (Lat), Passive (Karmani), 3rd, Singular
यमदूतैःby Yama's messengers
यमदूतैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootयमदूत
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
तुindeed/but
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यमस्यof Yama
यमस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootयम
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
आज्ञाकरैःby the command-executors (obedient servants)
आज्ञाकरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootआज्ञाकर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
बलात्by force/forcibly
बलात्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबल
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaY
YamaY
YamadūtasCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the inevitability of karmic accountability: when the appointed time comes, the agents of Yama enforce the moral order, and one cannot evade the consequences of one’s actions.
Vaiśampāyana describes a person being seized and taken away by Yama’s messengers, who act under Yama’s authority, emphasizing the forceful and unavoidable nature of the transition to judgment after death.