Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तमतिक्रम्य विधिना प्रष्टमर्हसि काड्क्षितम्‌ । स ते परमकं धर्म न मिथ्या दर्शयिष्यति

Transliteration

tam atikramya vidhinā praṣṭum arhasi kāṅkṣitam | sa te paramakaṃ dharmaṃ na mithyā darśayiṣyati ||

Translation

Tritt in rechter Weise an ihn heran und stelle die Frage, die du wahrhaft zu stellen begehrst. Er wird dir das höchste Dharma offenbaren und dich nicht mit falscher Lehre irreführen.

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अतिक्रम्य: having approached/going up to (lit. having gone beyond/overstepped)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विधिना: according to rule; with proper procedure
• विधिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रष्टुम्: to ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्/प्रच्छ् (प्रच्छ् = to ask)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• काङ्क्षितम्: desired (thing/question)
• काङ्क्षितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काङ्क्षित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• परमकम्: supreme; most excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma; righteous duty
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मिथ्या: falsely; wrongly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

• दर्शयिष्यति: he will show/teach
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (causative: दर्शय-)
• Form: Future, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)
• tam (an unnamed teacher/authority figure referred to as 'him')
• dharma (as the subject taught)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Seek guidance from a trustworthy authority and inquire with proper decorum; true dharma is transmitted through disciplined questioning and reliable instruction, not through misleading or false doctrines.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin advises the listener to go to a particular person (implied to be a competent teacher) and, following proper etiquette, ask the desired question; the teacher is affirmed as one who will reveal the highest dharma without teaching anything false.