Shloka 2

अध्याय ३४ — एलापत्रस्योपदेशः

Elāpatra’s Counsel on the Nāgas’ Deliverance

Devanagari script

काम नैतत्‌ प्रशंसन्ति सन्त: स्वबलसंस्तवम्‌ । गुणसंकीर्तनं चापि स्वयमेव शतक्रतो,शतक्रतो! साधु पुरुष स्वेच्छासे अपने बलकी स्तुति और अपने ही मुखसे अपने गुणोंका बखान अच्छा नहीं मानते

Transliteration

kāma naitat praśaṃsanti santaḥ svabalasaṃstavam | guṇasaṃkīrtanaṃ cāpi svayam eva śatakrato śatakrato ||

Translation

Garuḍa said: “O Śatakratu (Indra), worthy men do not approve of this—of praising one’s own strength, nor of proclaiming one’s own virtues with one’s own mouth. Self-laudation is not considered noble conduct.”

Word by Word

• कामम्: indeed / to be sure
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कामम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एतत्: this (act/thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise / approve
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्
• Form: present indicative (lat), 3rd, plural, parasmaipada

• सन्तः: good people / the virtuous
• सन्तः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• स्वबलसंस्तवम्: self-praise of one's own strength
• स्वबलसंस्तवम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वबलसंस्तव
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• गुणसंकीर्तनम्: recital/proclamation of (one's) virtues
• गुणसंकीर्तनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुणसंकीर्तन
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

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

• अपि: also / even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• स्वयम्: oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• एव: indeed / only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• शतक्रतो: O Indra (hundred-rited)
• शतक्रतो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतक्रतु
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• शतक्रतो: O Indra
• शतक्रतो: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतक्रतु
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

गरुड उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Indra (Śatakratu)