Verse 29

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपकारिणि कोपश्चेत् कोपे कोपः कथं न ते । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां प्रसह्य परिपन्थिनि ॥२९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अप-कारिणि । कोपः । चेत् । कोपे । कोपः । कथम् । न । ते । धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्षाणाम् । प्रसह्य । परि-पन्थिनि ॥२९॥

IAST Transliteration

apakāriṇi kopaś cet kope kopaḥ kathaṃ na te | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ prasahya paripanthini ||29||

Translation

অপকাৰীৰ প্ৰতি ক্ৰোধ যদি হয়, তেন্তে সেই ক্ৰোধৰ ওপৰতে ক্ৰোধ কেনেকৈ নহ’ব? কিয়নো এই ক্ৰোধে ধৰ্ম, অৰ্থ, কাম আৰু মোক্ষ—চাৰিওটা পুৰুষাৰ্থক জোৰকৈ বাধা দিয়া পৰিপন্থী।

Academic Translation

If there is anger toward one who does harm, how would there not be anger toward anger itself—(anger) which forcibly obstructs dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa?

Verse Context

• Krodha as doṣa; Mokṣa-pratibandha (obstruction to liberation)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: identifies krodha as a veil that sustains bheda-buddhi, opposing the realization implied by mahāvākyas; no direct quotation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyin) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)