Shloka 2

Ajñātavāsa-saṅkalpaḥ — Yudhiṣṭhira’s Resolve and Dhaumya’s Exempla on Concealment

Devanagari script

तस्य पाटयत: काष्ठ स्वेदो वै समजायत । व्यायामेन च तेनास्य जज्ञे शिरसि वेदना

Transliteration

tasya pāṭayataḥ kāṣṭha svedo vai samajāyata | vyāyāmena ca tenāsya jajñe śirasi vedanā ||

Translation

彼がなおも薪を割り続けると、まことに汗が噴き出し、その労苦によって頭に痛みが生じた。語りは、容赦ない労働と緊張が自然に身体の苦を招くことを示し、ほどよい努力と、心を保った忍耐という倫理をほのめかしている。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• पाटयतः: while (he) was splitting
• पाटयतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पट् (पाटयति)
• Form: present, third, singular, active

• काष्ठम्: wood
• काष्ठम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• स्वेदः: sweat
• स्वेदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेद
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• समजायत: arose/was produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + जन् (जायते)
• Form: imperfect, third, singular, middle

• व्यायामेन: by exertion
• व्यायामेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यायाम
• Form: masculine, instrumental, singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, instrumental, singular

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• जज्ञे: arose/was born
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: perfect, third, singular, middle

• शिरसि: in the head
• शिरसि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• वेदना: pain
• वेदना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेदना
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• wood (kāṣṭha)
• sweat (sveda)
• head (śiras)
• pain (vedanā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the natural consequence of intense exertion: physical strain produces fatigue and pain. Ethically, it points toward disciplined endurance while also implying the value of moderation and awareness of bodily limits.

What is happening in the narrative?

Mārkaṇḍeya describes a person engaged in splitting wood; as the work continues, he begins to sweat, and the sustained effort results in a headache.