Shloka 48

Adhyāya 90: Babhruvāhana’s Reception and the Commencement of Yudhiṣṭhira’s Aśvamedha

Devanagari script

नवेत्ति कर्मतो भायरिक्षणे यो5क्षम: पुमान्‌

Transliteration

na vetti karmato bhaya-rīkṣaṇe yo 'kṣamaḥ pumān

Translation

Nakula said: “A man who is not competent to examine fear in terms of its causes and consequences in action does not truly understand it.”

Word by Word

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

• वेत्ति: knows
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Lat, Present indicative, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कर्मतः: from/with regard to action (deeds)
• कर्मतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• भय: fear
• भय: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• रीक्षणे: in/at the observing, in the examination
• रीक्षणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रीक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अक्षमः: incapable, unable
• अक्षमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुमान्: a man, person
• पुमान्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुमांस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula