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Shloka 5

Jaratkāru’s Conditional Marriage Vow and Vāsuki’s Offer (जरत्कारु-विवाह-नियमः)

कि पुनर्बाल एव त्वं तपसा भावित: सदा । वर्धते च प्रभवतां कोपो5तीव महात्मनाम्‌,फिर तुम्हें उपदेश देनेकी तो बात ही क्‍या है, तुम तो अभी बालक ही हो। तुमने सदा तपस्याके द्वारा अपनेको दिव्य शक्तिसे सम्पन्न किया है। जो योगजनित ऐश्वर्यसे सम्पन्न हैं, ऐसे प्रभावशाली तेजस्वी पुरुषोंका भी क्रोध अधिक बढ़ जाता है; फिर तुम-जैसे बालकको क्रोध हो, इसमें कहना ही क्या है

ki punar bāla eva tvaṃ tapasā bhāvitaḥ sadā | vardhate ca prabhavatāṃ kopo ’tīva mahātmanām ||

„Umso mehr in deinem Fall — du bist noch ein Knabe. Und doch bist du stets durch Askese (tapas) geläutert und mit Kraft erfüllt worden. Selbst in großherzigen Männern von mächtigem Einfluss kann der Zorn überaus heftig aufflammen; was wäre also verwunderlich daran, wenn Zorn in einem Jüngling wie dir aufsteigt?“

किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
पुनःagain; moreover
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
बालःa boy; child
बालः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
एवindeed; just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
Formneuter, instrumental, singular
भावितःcultivated; empowered; perfected
भावितः:
TypeAdjective
Rootभावित (भू धातु, भावयति/भावितः)
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
सदाalways
सदा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा
वर्धतेincreases; grows
वर्धते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृध्
Formpresent, 3rd, singular, ātmanepada
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
प्रभवताम्of the powerful; of the mighty
प्रभवताम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रभवत्
Formmasculine/neuter, genitive, plural
कोपःanger
कोपः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकोप
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
अतीवexcessively; very much
अतीव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअतीव
महात्मनाम्of great-souled ones; of great persons
महात्मनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन्
Formmasculine, genitive, plural

शमीक उवाच

Ś
Śamīka

Educational Q&A

Ascetic power and personal influence do not automatically prevent anger; in fact, wrath can intensify even in eminent, spiritually accomplished people. The ethical implication is the need for restraint and careful speech, especially when one possesses (or is thought to possess) spiritual potency.

Śamīka addresses a young person, remarking that although he is a boy, he has been shaped by austerities; and he frames the youth’s anger as unsurprising by noting that even great and powerful men can become intensely angry.