Shloka 30

Śānti-parva 168: Śoka-nivṛtti-buddhi (The Cognition that Reduces Grief) and Piṅgalā’s Nairāśya

Devanagari script

कामेन युक्ता ऋषयस्तपस्येव समाहिता: । पलाशफलमूलादा वायुभक्षा: सुसंयता:

Transliteration

kāmena yuktā ṛṣayas tapasy eva samāhitāḥ | palāśa-phala-mūlāda vāyu-bhakṣāḥ su-saṃyatāḥ ||

Translation

Sages, impelled by desire, became as intent and absorbed as if engaged in austerity. Living on palāśa leaves, fruits, and roots—or even subsisting on air alone—they remained firmly self-restrained.

Word by Word

• कामेन: by/with desire
• कामेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• युक्ताः: joined/possessed (of)
• युक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• समाहिताः: collected, absorbed, composed
• समाहिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पलाश-फल-मूल-आदाः: taking (only) palāśa fruits and roots
• पलाश-फल-मूल-आदाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वायु-भक्षाः: air-eaters (living on air)
• वायु-भक्षाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सु-संयताः: well-restrained, very self-controlled
• सु-संयताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-यम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीमयेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ṛṣayaḥ (sages)
• palāśa (Butea monosperma)