Shloka 8

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

Devanagari script

योड्यमिच्छेद्‌ यथा काम त॑ तं कामं स आप्नुयात्‌

Transliteration

yoḍyam icched yathā kāmaṃ taṃ taṃ kāmaṃ sa āpnuyāt

Translation

人が望むままに何事かを成そうとしてそれに身を投じるなら、まさにその望みの対象を得るのである。

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उद्यम्: effort, undertaking
• उद्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्यम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इच्छेत्: should desire
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कामम्: desire, wish
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तम्: that (him/it)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कामम्: desire, wish
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आप्नुयात्: should obtain, would attain
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Desire, when translated into a chosen undertaking, tends to yield its corresponding result; one’s aims and intentions shape the fruits one reaches, underscoring moral causality and responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter (Vyādha) continues instructing his listener, presenting a general principle about how a person’s chosen pursuit—guided by desire—leads to the attainment of that desired end, as part of a broader ethical discourse.