Shloka 23

Devanagari script

तत्रापराणि दारूणि संसृज्यन्ते परस्परम्‌ । तृणकाष्ठकरीषाणि कदाचिजन्न समीक्षया

Transliteration

tatrāparāṇi dārūṇi saṃsṛjyante parasparam | tṛṇakāṣṭhakarīṣāṇi kadācij janna samīkṣayā

Translation

ત્યાં બીજી લાકડીઓ પણ પરસ્પર જોડાઈને એકબીજાને ઘસે છે. તૃણ, નાની લાકડીઓ અને સૂકું છાણ પણ ક્યારેક કોઈ ધ્યાન ન આપે તેમ એકઠાં થઈ જાય છે।

Word by Word

तत्रthere

अपराणिother (ones)

दारूणिpieces of wood

संसृज्यन्तेare joined/come into contact

परस्परम्mutually, with one another

तृणgrass (straw)

काष्ठwood (sticks)

करीषाणिdung (cow-dung cakes)

कदाचित्sometimes

नnot

समीक्षयाby (proper) consideration/inspection

Speaker

तुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

dāru (wood)

tṛṇa (grass)

kāṣṭha (sticks/firewood)

karīṣa (dried dung fuel)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Tūlādhāra uses a simple image—fuel materials accidentally coming together—to stress that many outcomes arise from unintended conjunctions. Ethically, this cautions against hasty judgments about intention and blame, and encourages careful discernment (viveka) before attributing moral fault.

What is happening in the narrative?

In his discourse, Tūlādhāra illustrates his point with commonplace fuel items—wood, grass, sticks, and dung—showing how they can be gathered or meet each other without deliberate attention. The example supports his broader reflection on how actions and consequences may occur without conscious planning.