Shloka 44

Adhyāya 136: Yavakrī–Bharadvāja Saṃvāda and the Bāladhī–Dhanuṣākṣa Gāthā

Arrogance, Boons, and Nimitta

Devanagari script

भरद्वाज उवाच दर्पस्ते भविता तात वरॉल्लब्ध्वा यथेप्सितान्‌ । स दर्पपूर्ण: कृपण: क्षिप्रमेव विनड्क्ष्यसि,भरद्वाज बोले--तात! इस तरह मनोवाञ्छित वर प्राप्त करनेके कारण तुम्हारे मनमें अहंकार उत्पन्न हो जायगा और अहंकारसे युक्त होनेपर तुम कृपण होकर शीघ्र ही नष्ट हो जाओगे

Transliteration

bharadvāja uvāca | darpas te bhavitā tāta varāl labdhvā yathepsitān | sa darpapūrṇaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kṣipram eva vinaṅkṣyasi ||

Translation

Bharadvāja said: “My son, once you obtain from the boon whatever you desire, pride will arise in you. Filled with that pride, you will become mean-spirited, and you will quickly come to ruin.”

Word by Word

भरद्वाजःBharadvaja

उवाचsaid

दर्पःpride

तेof you/your

भविताwill be / is going to be

तातdear son

वरात्from the boon

लब्ध्वाhaving obtained

यथाas / according to

ईप्सितान्desired (things)

सःyou/he (that one)

दर्पपूर्णःfilled with pride

कृपणःmiserly / wretched

क्षिप्रम्quickly

एवindeed / surely

विनङ्क्ष्यसिyou will perish

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes