Shloka 21

Adhyāya 203 — Tilottamā-sṛṣṭiḥ

Creation and Commissioning of Tilottamā

Devanagari script

वह सब पाकर उस लोभीका लोभ उत्तरोत्तर बढ़ता गया। इस प्रकार सारी चीजें लेकर वह उनके राज्यको भी हड़प लेनेकी इच्छा करने लगा

Transliteration

tat sarvaṁ prāpya tasya lobhinasya lobhaḥ uttarottaraṁ vardhamānaḥ abhavat | evaṁ sarvāṇi vastūni gṛhītvā sa teṣāṁ rājyam api hartuṁ kāmayām āsa |

Translation

Ayant obtenu tout cela, l’avidité de cet homme cupide ne fit que croître encore et encore. Après avoir pris chaque bien, il en vint même à désirer s’emparer de leur royaume.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (all that)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), active, non-finite

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• लुब्धस्य: of the greedy one
• लुब्धस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लुब्ध
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• लोभः: greed
• लोभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• उत्तरोत्तरम्: more and more, progressively
• उत्तरोत्तरम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत्तरोत्तर
• Form: true

• वर्धते: increases
• वर्धते: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध्
• Form: लट्, present, 3rd, singular, आत्मनेपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्
• Form: true

• सर्वाणि: all (things)
• सर्वाणि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• द्रव्याणि: goods, possessions
• द्रव्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रव्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active, non-finite

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, genitive, plural

• राज्यम्: kingdom
• राज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: true

• हर्तुम्: to seize, to take away
• हर्तुम्: Prayojana
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), active, non-finite

• इच्छति: desires
• इच्छति: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: लट्, present, 3rd, singular, परस्मैपद

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• कर्ण (Karna)
• लोभी (a greedy person)
• राज्य (kingdom)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed is self-amplifying: once indulged, it escalates from taking possessions to violating dharma by attempting to seize what is not rightfully one’s own—here, even a kingdom.

What is happening in the narrative?

Karna describes a greedy figure who, after receiving and taking many things, becomes increasingly covetous and ultimately develops the intention to usurp the other party’s kingdom as well.