Shloka 7

Adhyāya 189: Japa—Inquiry into the Jāpaka, Method

Vidhi), and Fruit (Phala

Devanagari script

काम: क्रोधो भयं लोभ: शोकझश्िन्ता क्षुधा श्रम: । सर्वेषां नः प्रभवति कस्माद्‌ वर्णो विभिद्यते,काम, क्रोध, भय, लोभ, शोक, चिन्ता, क्षुधा और थकावटका प्रभाव हम सब लोगोंपर समानरूपसे ही पड़ता है; फिर वर्णोका भेद कैसे सिद्ध होता है?

Transliteration

kāmaḥ krodho bhayaṁ lobhaḥ śokaś cintā kṣudhā śramaḥ | sarveṣāṁ naḥ prabhavati kasmād varṇo vibhidyate ||

Translation

Bharadvāja said: “Desire, anger, fear, greed, grief, anxiety, hunger, and fatigue arise in all of us alike. If these afflict everyone equally, on what basis can varṇa be said to differ?”

Word by Word

कामःdesire

क्रोधःanger

भयम्fear

लोभःgreed

शोकःgrief

चिन्ताanxiety, worry

क्षुधाhunger

श्रमःfatigue, exertion

सर्वेषाम्of all

नःof us / our

प्रभवतिarises, occurs, prevails

कस्मात्from what? why?

वर्णःsocial class (varna)

विभिद्यतेis divided, differs

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes