Shloka 16

Devanagari script

येषामस्ति च भोक्तव्यं ग्रहणीदोषपीडिता:

Transliteration

yeṣām asti ca bhoktavyaṃ grahaṇīdoṣapīḍitāḥ

Translation

Der Jäger sprach: „Es gibt welche, die wohl Speise haben, die man essen sollte, doch sie werden vom grahaṇī, einer Störung der Verdauung, geplagt und können daher das Vorhandene weder recht genießen noch richtig aufnehmen.“

Word by Word

• येषाम्: of whom / whose
• येषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अस्ति: is / exists
• अस्ति: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भोक्तव्यम्: to be eaten / fit to be consumed
• भोक्तव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + तव्यत्
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ग्रहणीदोषपीडिताः: afflicted by the disorder of grahaṇī (digestive ailment)
• ग्रहणीदोषपीडिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रहणीदोषपीडित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

• vyādha (the hunter)
• grahaṇī (digestive system/organ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Material availability alone does not guarantee enjoyment or well-being; bodily limitation and illness can prevent one from benefiting even from what is rightfully obtainable, encouraging humility, compassion, and a less judgmental view of others’ circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyādha continues his instruction by pointing to a common human condition: some people possess food and means, yet due to a digestive disorder (grahaṇī-doṣa) they suffer and cannot properly consume or enjoy it—an example used to broaden the listener’s ethical understanding of suffering and limitation.