Shloka 2

नारद-समङ्ग-संवादः — The Nārada–Samaṅga Dialogue on Fearlessness and Equanimity

Devanagari script

येयमर्थोद्धिवा तृष्णा कथमेतां पितामह । निवर्तयेयं पापानि तृष्णया कारिता वयम्‌,युधिष्ठिरने पूछा--पितामह! हमलोग बड़े पापी और क्रूर हैं। हमने धनके लिये ही भाई, पिता, पौत्र, कुटुम्बीजन, सुहृद्‌ और पुत्र--इन सबका संहार कर डाला। यह जो धनजनित तृष्णा है, इसीने हमसे बड़े-बड़े पाप करवाये हैं। हम इस तृष्णाको किस तरह दूर करें?

Transliteration

yeyaṁ arthodbhavā tṛṣṇā katham etāṁ pitāmaha | nivartayeyam pāpāni tṛṣṇayā kāritā vayam ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Grandfather, how may we turn back and uproot this craving that springs from wealth? Driven by desire, we have been made to commit sins. By what means can this thirst for gain be brought to an end?”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'iyam', 'gloss': 'this (feminine nominative singular)'}, {'term': 'artha', 'gloss': 'wealth

• worldly advantage'}, {'term': 'udbhavā', 'gloss': 'arising from

• originating in'}, {'term': 'tṛṣṇā', 'gloss': 'craving

• insatiable desire'}, {'term': 'katham', 'gloss': 'how? by what means?'}, {'term': 'etām', 'gloss': 'this (accusative singular, referring to tṛṣṇā)'}, {'term': 'pitāmaha', 'gloss': 'grandfather

• Bhīṣma (honorific address)'}, {'term': 'nivartayeyam', 'gloss': 'may I/ we turn back

• may we cause to cease (optative sense)'}, {'term': 'pāpāni', 'gloss': 'sins

• demeritorious deeds'}, {'term': 'tṛṣṇayā', 'gloss': 'by/through craving (instrumental singular)'}, {'term': 'kāritāḥ', 'gloss': 'caused to do

• made to act (passive/causative sense)'}, {'term': 'vayam', 'gloss': 'we'}]

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Pitāmaha (Bhīṣma)