Shloka 24

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

स च घोरतमो धीमान्‌ गुरुमें पापचेतसम्‌ । दृष्टवा त्वां निर्दहेदद्य क्रोधदीप्तेन चक्षुषा

Transliteration

sa ca ghoratamo dhīmān gurur me pāpacetasam | dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ nirdahen adya krodha-dīptena cakṣuṣā ||

Translation

Vipula dit : «Mon guru, plein de sagesse, est d’une redoutable puissance. Dès qu’il te verra—toi dont l’esprit est voué au péché—il te consumera, aujourd’hui même, de ses yeux embrasés de colère.»

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• घोरतमः: most terrible
• घोरतमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोरतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Superlative

• धीमान्: wise, intelligent
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुः: teacher, preceptor
• गुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पापचेतसम्: one of sinful mind
• पापचेतसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापचेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

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

• निर्दहेत्: would burn up / should burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्दह्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (Optative), Non-past (modal), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• क्रोधदीप्तेन: inflamed with anger
• क्रोधदीप्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधदीप्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चक्षुषा: with (his) eye/gaze
• चक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

विपुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vipula
• guru (Vipula's teacher)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores moral causality and restraint: wrongdoing (pāpa-cetas) invites swift consequences, and the power of a guru/ascetic is portrayed as formidable—yet anger itself is shown as a dangerous force that can destroy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula warns an evil-intentioned person that his wise and fearsome teacher, upon seeing them, will immediately incinerate them with a wrathful, blazing gaze—highlighting the imminent peril of confronting a powerful guru.