Shloka 22

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

जाने त्वां बालिशमतिमकृतात्मानमस्थिरम्‌ । ममेयं रक्ष्यते मूढ गच्छ पाप यथागतम्‌

Transliteration

jāne tvāṃ bāliśamatim akṛtātmānam asthiram | mamaiyāṃ rakṣyate mūḍha gaccha pāpa yathāgatam ||

Translation

‘ನಿನ್ನನ್ನು ನಾನು ತಿಳಿದಿದ್ದೇನೆ—ನೀನು ಮೂಢಬುದ್ಧಿಯವನು, ಆತ್ಮನಿಗ್ರಹವಿಲ್ಲದವನು, ಅಸ್ಥಿರನು. ಮೂಢ ಪಾಪಿ! ಈ ಸ್ತ್ರೀ ನನ್ನ ರಕ್ಷಣೆಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದಾಳೆ; ಬಂದ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲೇ ಹಿಂದಿರುಗು.’

Word by Word

• जाने: I know
• जाने: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• बालिशमतिम्: of foolish intellect
• बालिशमतिम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बालिशमति
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अकृतात्मानम्: undisciplined (uncontrolled self)
• अकृतात्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकृतात्मन्
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अस्थिरम्: unsteady, fickle
• अस्थिरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्थिर
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मम: of me / my
• मम: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• इयम्: this (woman)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रक्ष्यते: is protected
• रक्ष्यते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), कर्मणि (passive), प्रथम, एकवचन

• मूढ: O fool
• मूढ: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूढ
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पाप: O sinner / wicked one
• पाप: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• आगतम्: come; (in the way) you came
• आगतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) / आगत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त, नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

विपुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vipula
• a woman under protection (iyam strī implied)
• the addressed offender (unnamed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Dharma includes restraint and the duty to protect those under one’s care; lack of self-discipline and unstable desire are condemned, and wrongdoing is to be checked through firm moral rebuke.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula confronts an unnamed wrongdoer who approaches a woman with improper intent, declares that he knows the man’s unstable and undisciplined nature, asserts the woman is under his protection, and orders the offender to leave immediately.