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Shloka 108

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

यम्सित्रं भीतवत्साध्यं यन्मित्र॑ भयसंहितम्‌ । सुरक्षितव्यं तत्‌ कार्य पाणि: सर्पमुखादिव

Transliteration

yam mitraṁ bhītavat sādhyaṁ yan mitraṁ bhaya-saṁhitam | surakṣitavyaṁ tat kāryaṁ pāṇiḥ sarpa-mukhādiva ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「怯えた者が結ぶ友情、そして自らも恐れを抱いたまま友となる友情——そのような友情は、慎重な守りをもって扱わねばならぬ。互いの務めを助け合うべきだが、常に身を護れ。蛇使いが蛇の口から手を守りつつ操るように。」

Word by Word

यत्which/that (thing)

मित्रम्friend

भीतवत्by/like a frightened (one)

साध्यम्to be dealt with/managed (to be handled)

यत्which/that (friend)

मित्रम्friend

भयसंहितम्accompanied by fear / joined with fear

सुरक्षितव्यम्should be well-protected

तत्that

कार्यम्to be done; duty; task

पाणिःhand

सर्पमुखात्from the snake's mouth

इवlike/as

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

friend (mitra)

hand (pāṇi)

snake/serpent (sarpa)

snake’s mouth (sarpa-mukha)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes