Shloka 143

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

शिल्पिक: शिसल्पिनां श्रेष्ठ: सर्वशिल्पप्रवर्तक: । भगनेत्राड्कुशश्वण्ड: पूष्णो दन्‍तविनाशन:

Transliteration

śilpikaḥ śilpināṁ śreṣṭhaḥ sarvaśilpapravartakaḥ | bhaganetrāṅkuśaśvaṇḍaḥ pūṣṇo dantavināśanaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: He is the foremost among artisans, the originator and promoter of every craft. He is the one who struck out Bhaga’s eye, who broke Pūṣan’s teeth, and who bears the goad and the staff—remembered by the marks of his fierce, corrective power. The verse sets forth a moral vision: when order is violated, even the gods are restrained; and the very power that destroys also establishes the disciplines by which society’s arts and duties may flourish.

Word by Word

• शिल्पी: the artisan; craftsman
• शिल्पी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिल्पिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शिल्पिनाम्: of artisans
• शिल्पिनाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिल्पिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• श्रेष्ठः: the best; foremost
• श्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वशिल्पप्रवर्तकः: the promoter/initiator of all crafts
• सर्वशिल्पप्रवर्तकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवर्तक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भगनेत्राङ्कुशश्वण्डः: the bull (Śiva) who bears the goad of Bhaga's eye
• भगनेत्राङ्कुशश्वण्डः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पूष्णः: of Pūṣan
• पूष्णः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूषन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दन्तविनाशनः: the destroyer of the teeth
• दन्तविनाशनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाशन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bhaga
• Pūṣan
• aṅkuśa (goad)
• śvaṇḍa (staff/club)