Shloka 57

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

Devanagari script

बृस्‍्यां दर्भेषु हव्ये च कव्ये च मुनिसत्तम । एतेन कर्मदोषेण पुरोधास्त्वमजायथा:

Transliteration

bṛsyāṃ darbheṣu havye ca kavye ca munisattama | etena karmadoṣeṇa purodhās tvam ajāyathāḥ ||

Translation

ໂອ ມຸນີຜູ້ປະເສີດທີ່ສຸດ! ທ່ານເຄີຍສອນຂ້ອຍເຖິງວິທີຈັດອາສນະອັນສັກສິດ ແລະ ຫຍ້າດັຣພະ (darbha) ໃຫ້ຖືກພິທີ, ພ້ອມທັງວິທີຖວາຍທັງ ຮະວະຍະ (havya) ຄື ບູຊາແດ່ເທວະ ແລະ ກະວະຍະ (kavya) ຄື ເຄື່ອງຖວາຍແດ່ບັນພະບຸລຸດ. ແຕ່ເນື່ອງຈາກຄວາມບົກພ່ອງໃນກຳພິທີນັ້ນເອງ ທ່ານຈຶ່ງເກີດມາໃນຊາດນີ້ເປັນ ປຸໂຣຫິຕ (ພຣາຫມະນປະຈຳເຮືອນ)។

Word by Word

• बृस्याम्: on the (sacrificial) seat/bed (bṛsī)
• बृस्याम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृसी
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• दर्भेषु: among/on darbha-grasses
• दर्भेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• हव्ये: in the havya-offering (to gods)
• हव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• कव्ये: in the kavya-offering (to ancestors)
• कव्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कव्य
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-सत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• एतेन: by this
• एतेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• कर्मदोषेण: by the fault of (one's) act/ritual
• कर्मदोषेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म-दोष
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• पुरोधाः: a family-priest (purohita)
• पुरोधाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरोधा
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• अजायथाः: you were born / came to be
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जनँ)
• Form: Aorist (luṅ), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• मुनिश्रेष्ठ: O foremost of sages
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि-श्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

पुरोहित उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पुरोहित (purohita, priest)
• मुनिसत्तम (munisattama, best of sages)
• दर्भ (darbha grass)
• हव्य (havya, offering to gods)
• कव्य (kavya, offering to ancestors)
• बृस्या (ritual seat/mat)