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Shloka 6

पञ्चवर्णोत्पत्तिः — The Origin of the Five-Colored Fiery Being and Ritual-Disruptor Lineages

विषमां च दशां प्राप्तो देवान्‌ गहति वै भृशम्‌ । आत्मन: कर्मदोषाणि न विजानात्यपण्डित:,मूर्ख मानव संकटकी दशामें पड़नेपर देवताओंको बहुत कोसता है, उनकी भरपेट निन्दा करता है; किंतु वह यह नहीं समझता कि यह अपने ही कर्मोका दोषावह परिणाम है

viṣamāṃ ca daśāṃ prāpto devān gahati vai bhṛśam | ātmanaḥ karmadoṣāṇi na vijānāty apaṇḍitaḥ ||

狩人は言った。「人が苛烈で不均(ふきん)な境遇に落ちると、神々を激しく責め、ありったけの非難を浴びせる。だが愚かな者は、それが自らの行いの過(あやま)ちに由来し、この苦しみが己の業の報いであることを悟らない。」

विषमाम्uneven, adverse
विषमाम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootविषमा (विषम)
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दशाम्condition, state
दशाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदशा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्राप्तःhaving reached, having obtained
प्राप्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप् (आप्)
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदेव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
गर्हतिblames, censures
गर्हति:
TypeVerb
Rootगर्ह्
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
भृशम्excessively, greatly
भृशम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभृशम्
आत्मनःof oneself
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
कर्मदोषाणिfaults due to (one's) actions; defects of karma
कर्मदोषाणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मदोष (कर्म + दोष)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विजानातिknows, understands
विजानाति:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ज्ञा (ज्ञा)
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अपण्डितःan unlearned man, a fool
अपण्डितः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootअपण्डित (a + पण्डित)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

व्याध उवाच

V
vyādha (the hunter)
D
devāḥ (the gods)

Educational Q&A

One should not blame the gods for misfortune; adversity is often the ripened result of one’s own actions, and wisdom lies in recognizing personal responsibility (karma-doṣa) rather than indulging in reproach.

In the Vyādha’s instruction (the hunter’s discourse), he rebukes the common habit of people in distress to curse the gods, explaining that such blame comes from ignorance, since the true cause is one’s own prior conduct and its consequences.