Shloka 31

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

Devanagari script

अनड्वाहं तु यो दद्याद्‌ बलवन्तं धुरंधरम्‌

Transliteration

anaḍvāhaṃ tu yo dadyād balavantaṃ dhuraṃdharam

Translation

Barang siapa mendermakan seekor lembu jantan penarik bajak yang kuat—yang sanggup memikul kuk dan menanggung beban—ia meraih kebajikan yang besar.

Word by Word

• अनड्वाहम्: a bull/ox (draught-bull)
• अनड्वाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनड्वाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलवन्तम्: strong
• बलवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धुरंधरम्: fit for bearing the yoke/burden; a good draught-animal
• धुरंधरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुरंधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• draught-bull (anaḍvāha)