Shloka 5

Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Ātma-saṃyama (Marks of Social Conduct and Self-Restraint) | वर्णलक्षणम् एवं आत्मसंयमः

Devanagari script

व्यालकुण्जरदुर्गेषु सर्पचोरभयेषु च । हस्तावापेन गच्छन्ति नास्तिका: किमत: परम्‌

Transliteration

vyāla-kuñjara-durgeṣu sarpa-cora-bhayeṣu ca | hastāvāpena gacchanti nāstikāḥ kim ataḥ param ||

Translation

ភីष្ម បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «នៅតំបន់ដ៏គ្រោះថ្នាក់ ដែលព្រៃសត្វសាហាវ និងដំរីឆ្កួតធ្វើឲ្យលំបាកឆ្លងកាត់ ហើយពោរពេញដោយភ័យពីពស់ និងចោរ—ពួកនាស្តិក (អ្នកបដិសេធធម៌) ត្រូវបានបណ្តេញចេញ ដោយដាក់ខ្នោះដៃ។ តើមានទណ្ឌកម្មណាធំជាងនេះទៀត?»

Word by Word

• व्यालकुण्जरदुर्गेषु: in places difficult (to traverse) because of wild beasts and elephants
• व्यालकुण्जरदुर्गेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यालकुण्जरदुर्ग
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

• सर्पचोरभयेषु: in (places) with fear of snakes and thieves
• सर्पचोरभयेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पचोरभय
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• हस्तावापेन: with handcuffs / by fettering the hands
• हस्तावापेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तावाप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गच्छन्ति: they go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• नास्तिकाः: atheists / unbelievers
• नास्तिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नास्तिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किम्: what
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अतः: than this / from this
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः

• परम्: greater / further
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• nāstikāḥ (deniers/heterodox persons)
• handcuffs/fetters (hastāvāpa)
• wild beasts
• elephants
• snakes
• thieves/bandits
• dangerous forests/terrain