Shloka 136

Pūjya-namaskārya-prakaraṇa

On Those Worthy of Honor and Salutation

Devanagari script

त्वां तु शोचामि यो लब्ध्वा ब्राह्माण्यं न बुभूषसे । मतंगने कहा--देवराज! मैं तो यों ही दुःखसे आतुर हो रहा हूँ

Transliteration

tvāṃ tu śocāmi yo labdhvā brāhmaṇyaṃ na bubhūṣase |

Translation

Matanga dit : « Je te plains : car, ayant obtenu l’état et la dignité du brahmanat, tu ne veux pas les soutenir. C’est pour toi que je me lamente : tu possèdes de naissance ce qui devrait être embrassé par la conduite, et pourtant tu refuses d’en faire ton bien. »

Word by Word

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

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

• शोचामि: I grieve (for)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुच्
• Form: Present Indicative (Lat), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), —, —, —, —

• ब्राह्माण्यम्: brahminhood, Brahmin status
• ब्राह्माण्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्माण्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• बुभूषसे: you wish/desire (to be/attain)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Desiderative Present Indicative (San + Lat), 2nd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

मतंग उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Matanga
• Brahminhood (brāhmaṇya)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Brahminhood is not merely a birth-label but a dharmic ideal to be consciously upheld; possessing the status yet refusing its ethical discipline is a cause for lament.

What is happening in the narrative?

Matanga addresses the other party with reproachful compassion, saying he grieves for them because they have obtained Brahminhood yet do not wish to embrace or live according to it.