Verse 29

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपकारिणि कोपश्चेत् कोपे कोपः कथं न ते । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां प्रसह्य परिपन्थिनि ॥२९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अप-कारिणि । कोपः । चेत् । कोपे । कोपः । कथम् । न । ते । धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्षाणाम् । प्रसह्य । परि-पन्थिनि ॥२९॥

IAST Transliteration

apakāriṇi kopaś cet kope kopaḥ kathaṃ na te | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ prasahya paripanthini ||29||

Translation

S’il y a colère envers celui qui fait du tort, comment n’y aurait-il pas colère envers la colère elle-même, qui, de force, fait obstacle à dharma, artha, kāma et mokṣa ?

Academic Translation

If there is anger toward one who does harm, how would there not be anger toward anger itself—(anger) which forcibly obstructs dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa?

Verse Context

• Krodha as doṣa; Mokṣa-pratibandha (obstruction to liberation)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: identifies krodha as a veil that sustains bheda-buddhi, opposing the realization implied by mahāvākyas; no direct quotation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyin) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)