Shloka 33
Agni’s Withdrawal to the Forest and Identification with Āṅgirasa (अग्न्याङ्गिरस-इतिहासः)
Devanagari script
य: क्रोधमोहौ त्यजति त॑ देवा ब्राह्मणं विदु: । यो वदेदिह सत्यानि गुरु संतोषयेत च
Transliteration
yaḥ krodha-mohau tyajati taṃ devā brāhmaṇaṃ viduḥ | yo vaded iha satyāni guruṃ santoṣayet ca ||
Translation
婆羅門は言った。「怒りと迷妄を捨て去る者を、神々自ら真のブラーフマナと認める。さらにこの世にあって真実を語り、師をも満足させる者—その行いこそがダルマの道を示す。」
Word by Word
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
क्रोधमोहौanger and delusion
क्रोधमोहौ:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootक्रोध + मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, द्वितीया, द्विवचन
त्यजतिabandons
त्यजति:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन
तम्him
तम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
देवाःthe gods
देवाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
ब्राह्मणम्a brahmin (true Brahmana)
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
विदुःknow / consider
विदुः:
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण भूत; here: perfect with present sense), प्रथम, बहुवचन
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन
वदेत्should speak
वदेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथम, एकवचन
इहhere (in this world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
सत्यानिtruths / true words
सत्यानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
गुरुम्the teacher
गुरुम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन
संतोषयेत्should please / should satisfy
संतोषयेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + तुष् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (causative sense: to cause to be satisfied), प्रथम, एकवचन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (speaker)द
देवाःग
गुरुCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
True brahminical worth is defined by inner discipline and ethical speech: abandoning anger and delusion, speaking truth, and honoring the teacher by conduct that brings him satisfaction.
A Brahmin speaker is instructing on dharma by listing virtues that identify a genuine brāhmaṇa—self-mastery over anger and delusion, commitment to truth, and proper regard for one’s guru.