Shloka 23

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ त्वं सर्वयत्नेन यतस्वातिथिभोजने । पादोदकं पादघृतं दीपमन्न॑ प्रतिश्रयम्‌

Transliteration

tasmāt tvaṁ sarvayatnena yatasvātithibhojane | pādodakaṁ pādaghṛtaṁ dīpam annaṁ pratiśrayam |

Translation

Karena itu, berusahalah dengan segenap daya untuk memuliakan dan menjamu para tamu. Persembahkan air untuk membasuh kaki, olesan atau ghee bagi kaki, pelita, makanan, dan tempat bernaung yang layak—itulah tata krama dharma bagi seorang grihastha.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, nominative, singular

• सर्वयत्नेन: with every effort
• सर्वयत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वयत्न
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• यतस्व: strive / make effort
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (यतते)
• Form: imperative, second, singular, ātmanepada

• आतिथिभोजने: in feeding/entertaining guests
• आतिथिभोजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आतिथिभोजन
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• पादोदकम्: water for washing the feet
• पादोदकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादोदक
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• पादघृतम्: ghee/unctuous offering for the feet (for anointing)
• पादघृतम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादघृत
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्रतिश्रयम्: lodging/shelter (a place to stay)
• प्रतिश्रयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिश्रय
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya (speaker)
• atithi (guest)