Shloka 42

Nakula’s Declaration and the Uñchavṛtti Brāhmaṇa’s Superior Merit (Āśvamedhika Parva, Adhyāya 92)

Devanagari script

तत्‌ पय: स्थापयामास नवे भाण्डे दृढे शुचौ । तच्च क्रोधस्वरूपेण पिठरं धर्म आविशत्‌,उस दूधको उन्होंने नये पात्रमें, जो सुदृढ़ और पवित्र था, रख दिया। उस पात्रमें धर्मने क्रोधका रूप धारण करके प्रवेश किया

Transliteration

tat payaḥ sthāpayāmāsa nave bhāṇḍe dṛḍhe śucau | tacca krodhasvarūpeṇa piṭharaṃ dharma āviśat |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: He set that milk in a new vessel—sturdy and ritually pure. Then Dharma entered that container, assuming the very form of wrath, implying that even what is outwardly pure may become the seat of moral testing when anger takes hold.

Word by Word

तत्that (milk/that thing)

पयःmilk

स्थापयामासplaced, set

नवेin a new (vessel)

भाण्डेin a vessel, container

दृढेin a firm/strong (one)

शुचौin a clean/pure (one)

तत्in that (vessel)

चand

क्रोधस्वरूपेणin/with the form of anger

पिठरम्the pot/jar

धर्मःDharma

आविशत्entered

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśaṃpāyana

Dharma

milk (payaḥ)

new vessel (nava bhāṇḍa)

jar/pot (piṭhara)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes