Shloka 103

Adhyāya 199: Karma–Jñāna Causality and the Nirguṇa Brahman

Manu’s Instruction

Devanagari script

विरूप उवाच दीयमानं यदि मया नेषिष्यसि कथजड्चन । नियंस्यति त्वां नृपतिरयं धर्मानुशासक:,विरूपने कहा--विकृत! यदि तुम मेरी दी हुई वस्तु स्वीकार नहीं करोगे तो ये धर्मपूर्ण शासन करनेवाले नरेश तुम्हें कैद कर लेंगे

Transliteration

virūpa uvāca | dīyamānaṃ yadi mayā neṣiṣyasi kathañcana | niyaṃsyati tvāṃ nṛpatir ayaṃ dharmānuśāsakaḥ ||

Translation

Virūpa dit : «Vikṛta ! Si, d’une manière ou d’une autre, tu refuses d’accepter ce que je t’offre, alors ce roi — gardien et exécuteur du dharma — ordonnera qu’on te saisisse et qu’on te mette sous garde».

Word by Word

• विरूपः: Virūpa (name)
• विरूपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• दीयमानम्: being given (the offered thing)
• दीयमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• नेष्यसि: you will take/accept
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी
• Form: Simple Future, 2nd, Singular

• कथंचन: in any way; at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचन

• नियंस्यति: will restrain/arrest
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम्
• Form: Simple Future, 3rd, Singular

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

• नृपतिः: the king
• नृपतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मानुशासकः: instructor/enforcer of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मानुशासक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

विरूप उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Virūpa
• nṛpati (the king)