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Shloka 1

Jājali’s Austerities and the Summons to Tulādhāra (जाजलि–तुलाधार-इतिहासः)

व्यासजी कहते हैं--बेटा! मनुष्यकी हृदयभूमिमें मोहरूपी बीजसे उत्पन्न हुआ एक विचित्र वृक्ष है

vyāsa uvāca—vatsa! manuṣyasya hṛdayabhūmau mohākhya-bījāt utpannaḥ ekaḥ vicitraḥ vṛkṣaḥ asti, yasya nāma kāmaḥ. krodhaś ca abhimānaś ca tasya mahā-skandhau. kartum icchā tasmin jala-siñcana-pātram iva. ajñānaṃ tasya mūlam. pramāda eva tasya siñcanīyaṃ jalam. pareṣāṃ doṣa-darśanaṃ tasya pattram, pūrva-janmani kṛta-pāpāni ca tasya sāra-bhāgāḥ.

વ્યાસજી કહે છે—બેટા! મનુષ્યની હૃદયભૂમિમાં મોહ-રૂપ બીજમાંથી એક વિચિત્ર વૃક્ષ ઊગે છે; તેનું નામ ‘કામ’ છે. ક્રોધ અને અભિમાન તેના મહાન્ સ્કંધ છે. કંઈક કરવાની ઇચ્છા એ તેને પાણી સિંછવાનું પાત્ર છે. અજ્ઞાન તેની જડ છે અને પ્રમાદ એ તેને પોષતું જળ. બીજાના દોષ જોવું તેના પાંદડા છે, અને પૂર્વજન્મમાં કરેલા પાપો તેનો સારભાગ છે।

व्यासजीVyasa (honorific)
व्यासजी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootव्यास
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कहतेsay
कहते:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootकथ्
FormPresent, Third, Plural
हैंare
हैं:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Plural
बेटाO son
बेटा:
TypeNoun
Rootवत्स
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मनुष्यकीof a man
मनुष्यकी:
TypeNoun
Rootमनुष्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
हृदयभूमिमेंin the ground of the heart
हृदयभूमिमें:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootहृदयभूमि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
मोहरूपीin the form of delusion
मोहरूपी:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootमोहरूपिन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
बीजसेfrom/with the seed
बीजसे:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootबीज
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
उत्पन्नarisen, produced
उत्पन्न:
TypeAdjective
Rootउत् + पद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हुआhas become/was
हुआ:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPast (PPP used predicatively), Singular
एकone
एक:
TypeAdjective
Rootएक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विचित्रwonderful/strange
विचित्र:
TypeAdjective
Rootविचित्र
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वृक्षtree
वृक्ष:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हैis
है:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
जिसकाwhose
जिसका:
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
नामname
नाम:
TypeNoun
Rootनामन्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हैis
है:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
कामdesire
काम:
TypeNoun
Rootकाम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
क्रोधanger
क्रोध:
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
औरand
और:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अभिमानpride
अभिमान:
TypeNoun
Rootअभिमान
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उसकेof it
उसके:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
महान्great
महान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहान्त्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्कन्धtrunks/branches (main boughs)
स्कन्ध:
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्ध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हैंare
हैं:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Plural
कुछsome
कुछ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिञ्चित्
करनेकीto do (of doing)
करनेकी:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormInfinitival/gerundive sense (Hindi construction)
इच्छाdesire/wish
इच्छा:
TypeNoun
Rootइच्छा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
उसमेंin it
उसमें:
Adhikarana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
जलwater
जल:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootजल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सींचनेकाfor watering
सींचनेका:
TypeVerb
Rootसिच्
FormInfinitival/gerundive sense (Hindi construction)
पात्रvessel
पात्र:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपात्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हैis
है:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
अज्ञानignorance
अज्ञान:
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उसकीits
उसकी:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
जड़root
जड़:
TypeNoun
Rootजड
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
हैis
है:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
प्रमादnegligence
प्रमाद:
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हीindeed/only
ही:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
उसेit
उसे:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Accusative, Singular
सींचनेवालाthe waterer
सींचनेवाला:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसिच्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
जलwater
जल:
TypeNoun
Rootजल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हैis
है:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
दूसरोंकेof others
दूसरोंके:
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
दोषfaults
दोष:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदोष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
देखनाseeing
देखना:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormInfinitival/gerundive sense (Hindi construction)
उसof that
उस:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
वृक्षकाof the tree
वृक्षका:
TypeNoun
Rootवृक्ष
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
पत्ताleaf
पत्ता:
TypeNoun
Rootपत्त्र
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हैis
है:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Singular
तथाand likewise
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
पूर्वin former
पूर्व:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
जन्ममेंin birth
जन्ममें:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
कियेdone
किये:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPast (PPP), Plural
हुएhaving been
हुए:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPast (PPP), Plural
पापsins
पाप:
TypeNoun
Rootपाप
FormNeuter, Nominative, Plural
उसकेof it
उसके:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
सारभागessential portions/heartwood
सारभाग:
TypeNoun
Rootसारभाग
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
हैंare
हैं:
TypeVerb
Rootअस्
FormPresent, Third, Plural

व्यास उवाच

V
Vyāsa
K
kāma (Desire) as a metaphorical tree
K
krodha (Anger)
A
abhimāna (Pride)
M
moha (Delusion)
A
ajñāna (Ignorance)
P
pramāda (Heedlessness)
P
pūrva-janma (former birth)

Educational Q&A

Desire (kāma) is portrayed as an inner tree rooted in ignorance and sprouting from delusion; it is strengthened by heedlessness, supported by anger and pride, and spreads through fault-finding and karmic residues. Ethical progress requires cutting this growth at its root—through vigilance, knowledge, and restraint.

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Vyāsa addresses his listener affectionately and delivers a moral-psychological allegory: he maps common mental afflictions onto parts of a tree to show how desire arises, is nourished, and becomes entrenched in the human heart.