Shloka 3
Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)
Devanagari script
गार्हस्थ्ये5प्यथवा बाल्ये यौवने स्थविरे5पि वा । यथा फलं समश्नाति तथा त्वं कथयस्व मे,“मनुष्य बाल्यावस्था या गृहस्थाश्रममें, जवानीमें अथवा बुढ़ापेमें दान देनेसे जैसा फल पाता है, उसका मुझसे वर्णन कीजिये”
Transliteration
gārhasthye ’py athavā bālye yauvane sthavire ’pi vā | yathā phalaṃ samaśnāti tathā tvaṃ kathayasva me ||
Translation
Vaiśampāyana said: “Whether in the householder’s stage, or in childhood, youth, or even old age—tell me how a person partakes of the fruit (of giving) in each case; describe to me the result as it is experienced.”
Word by Word
गार्हस्थ्येin householdership (gṛhastha stage)
गार्हस्थ्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootगार्हस्थ्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अथवाor
अथवा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा
बाल्येin childhood
बाल्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
यौवनेin youth
यौवने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootयौवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
स्थविरेin old age (as an old person)
स्थविरे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootस्थविर
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
यथाas/according to how
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
फलम्fruit/result
फलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
समश्नातिobtains/enjoys (lit. eats up fully)
समश्नाति:
TypeVerb
Rootअश्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तथाso/in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
कथयस्वtell/describe
कथयस्व:
TypeVerb
Rootकथय्
FormImperative, 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada
मेto me
मे:
Sampradana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormDative, Singular
Speaker
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Characters & Entities
V
VaiśampāyanaVerse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Geographic Context
Sandhi Notes