Shloka 26

ब्राह्मणस्य पूर्वतरा वृत्तिः — The Earlier Ideal Conduct of a Brahmana

River-of-Saṃsāra Metaphor

Devanagari script

नैतदस्मत्कृतं शक्र नैतच्छक्र कृतं त्वया । यत्‌ त्वमेवंगतो वज़्िन्‌ यद्धाप्येवंगता वयम्‌,वज्रधारी इन्द्र! आज जो तुम इस प्रकार राज-वैभवसे सम्पन्न हो अथवा हमलोग जो इस दीन दशाको पहुँच गये हैं, यह सब न तो तुम्हारा किया हुआ है और न हमारा ही किया हुआ है

Transliteration

naitad asmatkṛtaṃ śakra naitac chakra kṛtaṃ tvayā | yat tvam evaṃgato vajrin yad dhāpy evaṃgatā vayam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O Śakra, this is not something done by us, nor is it something done by you. That you, O Vajrin, have attained such a state of royal splendor, and that we too have fallen into such a wretched condition—this is not the personal making of either of us.”

Word by Word

nanot

etatthis

asmat-kṛtamdone by us / caused by us

śakraO Śakra (Indra)

nanot

etatthis

śakraO Śakra

kṛtamdone / made

tvayāby you

yatthat which / because

tvamyou

evam-gataḥgone/come to such a state

vajrinO wielder of the thunderbolt

yatand that which / because

hiindeed

apialso / even

evam-gatāḥgone/come to such a state

vayamwe

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śakra (Indra)

Vajrin (Indra as thunderbolt-wielder)

Vajra (thunderbolt)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes