Shloka 30

अध्याय १२८: शिव–उमा संवादः — तिलोत्तमा, श्मशान-मेध्यता, तथा चातुर्वर्ण्य-धर्मः

Chapter 128: Śiva–Umā Dialogue—Tilottamā, the Ritual Valence of the Śmaśāna, and the Fourfold Duty-Code

Devanagari script

चिराभिलषितं किंचित्फलमप्राप्तमेव ते । कृतमन्यैरपह्तं तेनासि हरिण: कृश:

Transliteration

cirābhilaṣitaṃ kiñcit phalam aprāptam eva te | kṛtam anyair apahṛtaṃ tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||

Translation

Der Brāhmane sprach: „Eine Frucht, nach der du lange verlangtest, sollte dir zufallen, doch du hast sie nicht erlangt. Was du zustande gebracht hattest, ist von anderen fortgetragen worden; darum, o Hirsch, bist du mager geworden, und dein Glanz ist durch Enttäuschung und Verlust verblasst.“

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'cirābhilaṣitam', 'definition': 'long desired

• cherished for a long time'}, {'term': 'kiñcit', 'definition': 'some

• a certain'}, {'term': 'phalam', 'definition': 'fruit

• reward (of an act)'}, {'term': 'aprāptam', 'definition': 'not obtained

• not attained'}, {'term': 'eva', 'definition': 'indeed

• emphatic particle'}, {'term': 'te', 'definition': 'to you

• your'}, {'term': 'kṛtam', 'definition': 'done

• an act performed'}, {'term': 'anyaiḥ', 'definition': 'by others'}, {'term': 'apahṛtam', 'definition': 'taken away

• carried off'}, {'term': 'tena', 'definition': 'therefore

• by that reason'}, {'term': 'asi', 'definition': 'you are'}, {'term': 'hariṇaḥ', 'definition': 'O deer (vocative)

• also ‘deer’ as a being addressed'}, {'term': 'kṛśaḥ', 'definition': 'thin

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)
• हरिण (deer)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical pain of unjust appropriation: even when one’s efforts are real, the expected ‘fruit’ may be lost to others, producing visible suffering. It implicitly urges protection of rightful outcomes and compassion toward those harmed by loss.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin addresses a deer, diagnosing its emaciation as the result of a long-anticipated reward not being received because others have taken away what was achieved, leaving the deer weakened and lusterless.