Shloka 5

Taḍāga-Phala and Vṛkṣāropaṇa

Merit of Ponds and Tree-Planting

Devanagari script

जगमदग्निर्वाच स्थिरं चापि चल॑ चापि जाने त्वां ज्ञानचक्षुषा | अवश्यं विनयाधान कार्यमद्य मया तव

Transliteration

Jamadagnir uvāca: sthiraṁ cāpi calaṁ cāpi jāne tvāṁ jñānacakṣuṣā | avaśyaṁ vinayādhānaṁ kāryam adya mayā tava ||

Translation

Jamadagni dit : «Que ton dessein soit ferme ou chancelant, je te reconnais par l’œil de la connaissance véritable : tu es le Soleil. C’est pourquoi, aujourd’hui, je dois assurément t’infliger une discipline, afin que tu t’établisses dans l’humilité et la juste conduite.»

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'Jamadagniḥ', 'definition': 'Jamadagni (a revered sage

• speaker here)'}, {'term': 'uvāca', 'definition': 'said'}, {'term': 'sthiraṁ', 'definition': 'steady, firm'}, {'term': 'calaṁ', 'definition': 'moving, unsteady, wavering'}, {'term': 'jāne', 'definition': 'I know, I recognize'}, {'term': 'tvām', 'definition': 'you'}, {'term': 'jñānacakṣuṣā', 'definition': 'with the eye of knowledge

• by insight/wisdom'}, {'term': 'avaśyam', 'definition': 'certainly, inevitably'}, {'term': 'vinaya', 'definition': 'humility, discipline, good conduct'}, {'term': 'ādhānam', 'definition': 'placing, establishing, inculcating'}, {'term': 'kāryam', 'definition': 'to be done

• a duty/necessary act'}, {'term': 'adya', 'definition': 'today, now'}, {'term': 'mayā', 'definition': 'by me'}, {'term': 'tava', 'definition': 'for you

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jamadagni
• Sūrya (the Sun)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when one possesses great power or brilliance (symbolized by the Sun), one must be guided by vinaya—humility and disciplined conduct; correction and restraint are presented as a legitimate duty when they establish ethical behavior.

What is happening in the narrative?

Jamadagni addresses a being he identifies as the Sun through spiritual insight, and declares that he will impose discipline (a corrective measure) to instill proper humility and conduct.