Shloka 30

मोक्षोपाय-निर्णयः

Determination of the Means to Liberation

Devanagari script

यत्र वै पापकृन्नीचो न महद्‌ दुःखमर्च्छति । वर्धन्ते तत्र पापानि धर्मो हसति च ध्रुवम्‌,जहाँ पाप करनेवाले नीचको महान्‌ दुःख नहीं भोगना पड़ता है, वहाँ निश्चय ही पाप बढ़ता है और धर्मका हास होता है

Transliteration

yatra vai pāpakṛn nīco na mahad duḥkham arcchati | vardhante tatra pāpāni dharmo hasati ca dhruvam ||

Translation

Where a base person who commits sin does not have to endure great suffering, sin surely multiplies there, and dharma is inevitably mocked and diminished. The verse warns that when wrongdoing goes unpunished, moral order collapses and vice gains confidence.

Word by Word

यत्रwhere

वैindeed

पापकृत्evil-doer, sinner

नीचःbase, low (person)

नnot

महत्great

दुःखम्suffering, pain

ऋच्छतिattains, meets with

वर्धन्तेincrease, grow

तत्रthere

पापानिsins, evils

धर्मःdharma, righteousness

हसतिlaughs (i.e., is mocked/declines)

चand

ध्रुवम्certainly, surely

Speaker

हुमत्सेन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Humatsena

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes