Shloka 25

Śīla-prāpti and Śīla-lakṣaṇa (शीलप्राप्ति-शीललक्षणम्) | On the Acquisition and Marks of Character

Devanagari script

गुरवो हि परं धर्म यं ब्रूयुस्तं तथा कुरु । गुरूणां हि प्रसादाद वै श्रेय: परमवाप्स्यसि,राजन! गुरुजन तुम्हारे लिये जिस उत्तम धर्मका उपदेश करें, उसका उसी रूपमें पालन करो। गुरुजनोंकी कृपासे तुम परम कल्याणके भागी होओगे

Transliteration

guravo hi paraṃ dharmaṃ yaṃ brūyus taṃ tathā kuru | gurūṇāṃ hi prasādād vai śreyaḥ param avāpsyasi, rājan ||

Translation

Kāmandaka dit : «Les maîtres sont, en vérité, l’autorité suprême en matière de dharma. Quel que soit le dharma qu’ils enseignent, pratique-le exactement ainsi. Car par la grâce des gurus, ô roi, tu atteindras le bien suprême.»

Word by Word

• गुरवः: teachers/elders
• गुरवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• परम्: supreme/highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: duty/righteous conduct
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• यम्: which/that (whom/which)
• यम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रूयुः: should say/should prescribe
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (ब्रवीति)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• तम्: that (one)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• कुरु: do/perform
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative (Lot), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गुरूणाम्: of the teachers/elders
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• प्रसादात्: from (their) grace/favor
• प्रसादात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• वै: indeed/certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• श्रेयः: the highest good/welfare
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अवाप्स्यसि: you will obtain/attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अवाप् (अव + आप्)
• Form: Future (Lृट्), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

कामन्दक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Kāmandaka
• rājan (the king, addressee)
• guravaḥ (gurus/teachers)