Shloka 80

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

Devanagari script

वीतशोकभयक्रोधा विपाप्मानस्तथैव च । श्रुत्वेमां तु कथां राजन्‌ न भवन्तीह मानवा:,राजन्‌! इस कथाको सुनकर मनुष्य शोक, भय, क्रोध और पापसे रहित हो फिर इस संसारमें जन्म नहीं लेते हैं

Transliteration

vītaśokabhayakrodhā vipāpmānas tathaiva ca | śrutvemāṃ tu kathāṃ rājan na bhavantīha mānavāḥ ||

Translation

Yudhiṣṭhira said: “O King, having heard this account, people become free from grief, fear, anger, and sin; and, indeed, they do not take birth again in this world.”

Word by Word

• वीतशोकभयक्रोधाः: free from grief, fear and anger
• वीतशोकभयक्रोधाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीतशोकभयक्रोध (बहुव्रीहिः)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विपाप्मानः: sinless; free from evil
• विपाप्मानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: thus; likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed; just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but; indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• कथाम्: story; account
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भवन्ति: they become; they are born
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• इह: here; in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• मानवाः: men; human beings
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• rājan (the addressed king)