Shloka 8
Arjuna’s Account of Tapas and the Kirāta Test; Revelation of Maheśvara and the Grant of the Pāśupata-Astra
Devanagari script
वृथा55चारसमारम्भ: प्रेत्य चेह विनश्यति । साहसे वर्तमानानां निकृतीनां दुरात्मनाम्,साहसके कार्योंमें लगे हुए ठग एवं दुरात्मा पुरुषोंके उत्तम कर्मोंका अनुष्ठान इस लोक और परलोकमें भी व्यर्थ नष्टप्राय ही है
Transliteration
vṛthācārasamārambhaḥ pretya ceha vinaśyati | sāhase vartamānānāṃ nikṛtīnāṃ durātmanām ||
Translation
Dhanada said: “Any undertaking that begins in vain or unrighteous conduct perishes—both here in this world and after death. For deceitful, wicked-souled men who persist in reckless violence, even what appears to be ‘good conduct’ or ‘meritorious action’ comes to nothing, collapsing into futility in this life and the next.”
Word by Word
वृथाin vain, fruitlessly
वृथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवृथा
आचार-समारम्भःundertaking of (good) conduct/rites
आचार-समारम्भः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआचार-समारम्भ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रेत्यhaving died; after death
प्रेत्य:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्र-इ (इ) + ल्यप्
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
विनश्यतिperishes, comes to nothing
विनश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootनश्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
साहसेin rash/violent enterprise
साहसे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसाहस
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
वर्तमानानाम्of those engaged (in)
वर्तमानानाम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootवर्त् + शतृ (वर्तमान)
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
निकृतीनाम्of deceivers, cheats
निकृतीनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootनिकृति
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
दुरात्मनाम्of wicked-souled (men)
दुरात्मनाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootदुरात्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
Speaker
धनद उवाच
Characters & Entities
D
Dhanada (Kubera)Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Sandhi Notes