Shloka 46

हंस–साध्यसंवादः, वाक्-निग्रहः, महाकुल-लक्षणम्, शान्ति-उपायः

Hamsa–Sādhya Dialogue; Restraint of Speech; Marks of Noble Lineage; Means to Peace

Devanagari script

न स्याद्‌ वनमृते व्याप्रान्‌ व्याप्रा न स्पुरनते वनम्‌ । वन हि रक्ष्यते व्याघ्रैव्याच्रान्‌ रक्षति काननम्‌,व्याप्रोंके बिना वनकी रक्षा नहीं हो सकती तथा वनके बिना व्याप्र नहीं रह सकते; क्योंकि व्याप्र वनकी रक्षा करते हैं और वन व्याप्रोंकी

Transliteration

na syād vanam ṛte vyāghrān vyāghrā na spṛśanti vanam | vanaṃ hi rakṣyate vyāghrair vyāghrān rakṣati kānanam ||

Translation

A forest cannot endure without tigers, and tigers cannot thrive without the forest. For tigers protect the forest, and the forest, in turn, shelters and preserves the tigers.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• syāt: would be / could be
• Type: Verb
• Root: as
• Form: Vidhi-linga, present (injunctive/optative sense), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• vanam: forest
• vanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• ṛte: without (governs ablative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ṛte

• vyāghrān: tigers
• vyāghrān: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• vyāghrāḥ: tigers
• vyāghrāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• spṛśanti: touch / approach / enter
• Type: Verb
• Root: spṛś
• Form: Lat, present, 3, plural, Parasmaipada

• vanam: the forest
• vanam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• vanam: the forest
• vanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• hi: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi

• rakṣyate: is protected
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ
• Form: Lat, present, passive (karmaṇi), 3, singular

• vyāghraiḥ: by tigers
• vyāghraiḥ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• vyāghrān: tigers
• vyāghrān: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• rakṣati: protects
• Type: Verb
• Root: rakṣ
• Form: Lat, present, 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• kānanam: forest / woodland
• kānanam: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: kānana
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• forest (vana/kānana)
• tigers (vyāghra)