Shloka 12
शोक-शमन उपदेशः
Instruction on the Pacification of Grief
Devanagari script
यथा च मृण्मयं भाण्डं चक्रारूढं विपद्यते | किंचित् प्रक्रियमाणं वा कृतमात्रमथापि वा
Transliteration
yathā ca mṛṇmayaṃ bhāṇḍaṃ cakrārūḍhaṃ vipadyate | kiṃcit prakriyamāṇaṃ vā kṛtamātram athāpi vā ||
Translation
Just as an earthen vessel set upon the potter’s wheel may come to ruin—whether it is only slightly being shaped, still in the process of being formed, or even just newly finished—so too can what is fragile and newly made be quickly destroyed.
Word by Word
यथाjust as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
मृण्मयम्made of clay, earthen
मृण्मयम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमृण्मय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भाण्डम्vessel, pot
भाण्डम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभाण्ड
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चक्रारूढम्placed on the wheel (potter's wheel)
चक्रारूढम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचक्र-आरूढ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
विपद्यतेperishes, comes to ruin
विपद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवि + पद्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
किंचित्a little, somewhat
किंचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिंचित्
प्रक्रियमाणम्being made/formed, in the process of being worked
प्रक्रियमाणम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + कृ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
कृतमात्रम्just made, newly made
कृतमात्रम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत-मात्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अथor else, then
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
Speaker
विदुर उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
ViduraM
mṛṇmaya-bhāṇḍa (earthen pot)C
cakra (potter’s wheel)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes