Shloka 96

यज्ञेऽहिंसा-प्राधान्यम्

Primacy of Non-Harm in Sacrificial Ethics

Devanagari script

मानान्मोहाच्च लोभाच्च लौल्यमेतत्प्रकल्पितम्‌ । उन धूत्तोंने अभिमान, मोह और लोभके वशीभूत होकर उन वस्तुओंके प्रति अपनी यह लोलुपता ही प्रकट की है

Transliteration

mānān mohāc ca lobhāc ca laulyaṃ etat prakalpitam |

Translation

Bhishma berkata: Hasrat ini dibentuk dari kesombongan, delusi, dan ketamakan.

Word by Word

• मानात्: from pride
• मानात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• मोहात्: from delusion
• मोहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लोभात्: from greed
• लोभात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• लौल्यम्: fickleness / greediness (restless craving)
• लौल्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लौल्यम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• प्रकल्पितम्: has been contrived / has been brought about
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कल्प्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma