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Shloka 105

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

शिरसो मुण्डनाद्‌ वापि न स्थानकुटिकासनात्‌ । न जटाधारणाद्‌ू वापि न तु स्थण्डिलशय्यया,मनुष्य पुण्यके प्रभावसे ही उत्तम गतिको प्राप्त होते हैं। उपवास भी पुण्यसे अर्थात्‌ निष्कामभावसे ही शुद्धिका कारण होता है। (बिना शुद्धभावके) केवल फल-मूल खाने, मौन रहने, हवा पीने, सिर मुँड़ाने, एक स्थानपर कुटी बनाकर रहने, सिरपर जटा रखाने, वेदीपर सोने, नित्य उपवास, अग्निसेवन, जलप्रवेश तथा भूमिशयन करनेसे भी शुद्धि नहीं होती है

śiraso muṇḍanād vāpi na sthāna-kuṭikāsanāt | na jaṭā-dhāraṇād vāpi na tu sthaṇḍila-śayyayā ||

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Not by shaving the head, nor by dwelling in a fixed place in a little hut, nor by merely wearing matted locks, nor by sleeping on bare ground does one become purified. The highest good is attained through the power of merit born of inner purity; and even fasting becomes a cause of purification only when it is joined to selfless intention—not when it is mere outward austerity.”

शिरसःof the head
शिरसः:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
मुण्डनात्from shaving (the head)
मुण्डनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootमुण्डन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
स्थानplace
स्थान:
TypeNoun
Rootस्थान
FormNeuter, Stem (compound member), —
कुटिकhut/cottage
कुटिक:
TypeNoun
Rootकुटिक
FormFeminine, Stem (compound member), —
आसनात्from sitting (in one place/in a hut)
आसनात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootआसन
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जटाmatted hair
जटा:
TypeNoun
Rootजटा
FormFeminine, Stem (compound member), —
धारणात्from wearing/keeping (matted hair)
धारणात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootधारण
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
अपिeven/also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
स्थण्डिलbare ground
स्थण्डिल:
TypeNoun
Rootस्थण्डिल
FormNeuter, Stem (compound member), —
शय्ययाby (sleeping on) a bed (i.e., couch) of bare ground
शय्यया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootशय्या
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular

युधिछिर उवाच

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Yudhiṣṭhira