Shloka 27

Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda

Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time

Devanagari script

न ब्राह्मणानां कोपो$स्ति कुत: कोपाच्च यातनाम्‌ | मार्दवात्‌ क्षम्यतां साथो मुच्यतामेष पन्नग:

Transliteration

na brāhmaṇānāṁ kopo 'sti kutaḥ kopāc ca yātanām | mārdavāt kṣamyatāṁ sātho mucyatām eṣa pannagaḥ ||

Translation

Dijo el cazador: «Los brahmanes no son dados a la ira; y si no hay ira, ¿cómo podrían infligir sufrimiento por arrebato? Por eso, oh virtuosa, acógete a la mansedumbre: perdona la falta de esta serpiente y déjala en libertad.»

Word by Word

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

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कोपः: anger
• कोपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुतः: whence/how then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• कोपात्: from anger; out of anger
• कोपात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• यातनाम्: torment/pain
• यातनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मार्दवात्: from/through gentleness
• मार्दवात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्दव
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• क्षम्यताम्: let (it) be forgiven
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• साधो: O good man
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मुच्यताम्: let (him/it) be released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पन्नगः: snake
• पन्नगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लुब्धक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• लुब्धक (hunter)
• ब्राह्मण (Brahmins)
• पन्नग (serpent)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds kṣamā (forgiveness) and mārdava (gentleness) as marks of righteous conduct, especially associated with Brahminical ideals of self-restraint: one should not punish out of anger, but incline toward mercy and release.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter addresses a virtuous person (sādhu), arguing that a Brahmin is not characterized by anger and therefore should not cause pain in retaliation; he urges the listener to forgive the serpent’s wrongdoing and free it.