Shloka 47

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रो5हमायुष्मन्नागतो<हं बुभुक्षित: | मा वधीर्मम सदबुद्धे यदि सम्यक्‌ प्रपश्यसि

Transliteration

Viśvāmitro 'ham āyuṣmann āgato 'haṃ bubhukṣitaḥ | mā vadhīr mama sadbuddhe yadi samyak prapaśyasi ||

Translation

«ឱ អ្នកមានអាយុយឺនយូរ! ខ្ញុំគឺវិશ્વាមិត្រ។ ខ្ញុំមកទីនេះដោយទុក្ខវេទនាពីភាពអត់ឃ្លាន។ ឱ ចណ្ឌាលា​មានបញ្ញាល្អ! ប្រសិនបើអ្នកមើលឃើញ និងយល់បានត្រឹមត្រូវ សូមកុំសម្លាប់ខ្ញុំឡើយ»។

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रः: Vishvamitra
• विश्वामित्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• आयुष्मन्: O long-lived one (sir)
• आयुष्मन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुष्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आगतः: come/arrived
• आगतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) → आगत (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• बुभुक्षितः: hungry
• बुभुक्षितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → बुभुक्षित (क्त-प्रत्यय; desiderative base बुभुक्ष-)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (निषेध-अव्यय)

• वधीः: kill (you should not kill)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: Aorist (injunctive/imperative-prohibitive usage with मा), 2nd, Singular

• मम: of me / my
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• सद्बुद्धे: O good-minded one
• सद्बुद्धे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Vocative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)

• सम्यक्: properly, correctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)

• प्रपश्यसि: you see/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√पश् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular

Speaker

घपच उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Caṇḍāla

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even in situations shaped by social labels and fear, right discernment should guide action: a noble-minded person restrains violence and responds with compassion to genuine distress (here, hunger), recognizing the moral claim of a supplicant.

What is happening in the narrative?

The sage Viśvāmitra, weakened by hunger, identifies himself to a Caṇḍāla and pleads for his life, urging him to see the situation correctly and not to kill him.