Shloka 45

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

आयुर्वेदमधीयाना: केवलं सपरिग्रहा: | दृश्यन्ते बहवो वैद्या व्याधिभि: समभिप्लुता:

Transliteration

āyurvedam adhīyānāḥ kevalaṁ saparigrahāḥ | dṛśyante bahavo vaidyā vyādhibhiḥ samabhiplutāḥ ||

Translation

ジャナカは言った。「アーユルヴェーダを学んだ医師は多く見られるが、ただ貪り、所有に執着するばかりである。しかも彼ら自身が病に圧倒されている。」

Word by Word

• आयुर्वेदम्: Ayurveda (the medical science)
• आयुर्वेदम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुर्वेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अधीयानाः: studying / learning
• अधीयानाः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (अधी)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, शानच् (present active participle)

• केवलम्: only, merely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: केवल

• सपरिग्रहाः: possessing possessions/attachments
• सपरिग्रहाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-परिग्रह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen, are found
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वैद्याः: physicians
• वैद्याः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्याधिभिः: by diseases
• व्याधिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• समभिप्लुताः: overwhelmed, afflicted
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अभि-प्लु (प्लु)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• Ayurveda
• physicians (vaidya)