Shloka 2636

Devanagari script

क्षमावन्तं हि पापात्मा जितो5यमिति मन्यते । यद्यपि लोकमें क्षमाभावकी प्रशंसा की जाती है, तथापि पापात्मा मनुष्य कभी क्षमाके योग्य नहीं है; क्योंकि क्षमा कर देनेपर वह पापात्मा क्षमाशील पुरुषको ऐसा समझ लेता है कि “यह मुझसे हार गया”

Transliteration

kṣamāvantaṃ hi pāpātmā jito ’yam iti manyate |

Translation

Dhṛṣṭadyumna said: “A sinful-minded man, when met with forbearance, imagines, ‘This person has been defeated by me.’ Though the world praises forgiveness as a virtue, a wicked person is not truly fit to be forgiven, for once pardoned he takes the patient man to be one who has yielded in weakness.”

Word by Word

• क्षमावन्तम्: the forgiving (person)
• क्षमावन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षमावत्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पापात्मा: a wicked-souled person
• पापात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जितः: defeated
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (man)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इति: thus/quoting
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• मन्यते: thinks/considers
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhṛṣṭadyumna