Shloka 123

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

उन्माथमप्यथादाय चाण्डालो वीक्ष्य सर्वश:,भरतश्रेष्ठ] चाण्डालने उस जालको लेकर उसे सब ओरसे उलट-पलटकर देखा और निराश होकर क्षणभरमें उस स्थानसे हट गया और अन्तमें अपने घरको चला गया

Transliteration

unmātham apy athādāya cāṇḍālo vīkṣya sarvaśaḥ

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “The Caṇḍāla, having taken up that implement as well, examined it from every side. Finding no use or hope in it, he withdrew from that spot after a moment and, in the end, went back to his home—illustrating how desire collapses into disappointment when one seeks gain where none is due.”

Word by Word

• उन्माथम्: the churning-stick / stirring-rod
• उन्माथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उन्माथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आदाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• चाण्डालः: the caṇḍāla (outcaste man)
• चाण्डालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाण्डाल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वीक्ष्य: having looked at, having examined
• Type: Verb
• Root: वीक्ष्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• सर्वशः: in every way, on all sides
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Caṇḍāla
• unmātha (object/implement)