Shloka 5

Adhyaya 60: Self-Assertion, Daiva, and the Rhetoric of Inevitability (उद्योग पर्व)

Devanagari script

नैव मानुषवद्‌ देवा: प्रवर्तन्ते कदाचन । कामात्‌ क्रोधात्‌ तथा लोभाद्‌ द्वेषाच्च भरतर्षभ

Transliteration

naiva mānuṣavad devāḥ pravartante kadācana | kāmāt krodhāt tathā lobhād dveṣāc ca bharatarṣabha ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “The gods never act in the manner of ordinary humans. They do not set themselves in motion from desire, from anger, from greed, or from hatred, O bull among the Bharatas.”

Word by Word

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

• eva: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva

• mānuṣa-vat: like humans
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mānuṣa + vat

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• pravartante: act/proceed/engage
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vṛt
• Form: present, ātmanepada, third, plural

• kadācana: ever/at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācana

• kāmāt: from desire; out of desire
• kāmāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāma
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• krodhāt: from anger; out of anger
• krodhāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: krodha
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• tathā: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā

• lobhāt: from greed; out of greed
• lobhāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• dveṣāt: from hatred; out of hatred
• dveṣāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: dveṣa
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• ca: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca

• bharata-ṛṣabha: O bull of the Bharatas (best of Bharatas)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bharata + ṛṣabha
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Devāḥ (the gods)
• Bharatarṣabha (addressed Bharata prince/king)