Shloka 30

युगधर्मवर्णनम् — चतुर्युग, गुण, धर्मपाद, तथा वार्तोत्पत्ति

Devanagari script

वृक्षांस्तान्पर्यगृह्णन्ति मधु वा माक्षिकं बलात् तासां तेनोपचारेण पुनर्लोभकृतेन वै

Transliteration

vṛkṣāṃstānparyagṛhṇanti madhu vā mākṣikaṃ balāt tāsāṃ tenopacāreṇa punarlobhakṛtena vai

Translation

Karena dikuasai loba, mereka merampas pohon-pohon itu dengan paksa, atau merebut madu lebah dengan kekerasan. Dengan ‘pelayanan’ yang sama—yang dilakukan hanya untuk menumbuhkan keinginan baru—mereka kembali tenggelam dalam loba.

Word by Word

• वृक्षान् (vṛkṣān): trees

• तान् (tān): those

• पर्यगृह्णन्ति (paryagṛhṇanti): they seize, take hold of

• मधु (madhu): honey

• वा (vā): or

• माक्षिकम् (mākṣikam): belonging to bees, bees’ honey

• बलात् (balāt): by force

• तासाम् (tāsām): of them (the bees/those beings)

• तेन (tena): by that

• उपचारॆण (upacāreṇa): by the mode of attending/service/handling

• पुनः (punaḥ): again

• लोभकृतेन (lobha-kṛtena): produced by greed, done for greed

• वै (vai): indeed.

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)