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Shloka 22

अध्याय १२८: शिव–उमा संवादः — तिलोत्तमा, श्मशान-मेध्यता, तथा चातुर्वर्ण्य-धर्मः

Chapter 128: Śiva–Umā Dialogue—Tilottamā, the Ritual Valence of the Śmaśāna, and the Fourfold Duty-Code

Devanagari script

(सुदुर्विनीत: पुत्रो वा जामाता वा प्रमार्जक: । दारा वा प्रतिकूलास्ते तेनासि हरिण: कृश: ।।

Transliteration

sudurvinītaḥ putro vā jāmātā vā pramārjakaḥ | dārā vā pratikūlāste tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||

bhrātaro'tīva viṣamāḥ pitā vā kṣutkṣato mṛtaḥ | mātā jyeṣṭho gururvāpi tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||

brāhmaṇo vā hato gaurvā brahmasvaṃ vā hṛtaṃ purā | devasvaṃ vādhikaṃ kāle tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||

hṛtadāro'tha vṛddho vā loke dviṣṭo'tha vā naraiḥ | avijñānena vā vṛddhastenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||

vārthakārthaṃ dhana dṛṣṭvā svāṃ śrīrvāpi paraiḥ hṛtā | vṛttirvā durjanāpekṣā tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||

iṣṭabhāryasya te nūnaṃ prātiveśyo mahādhanaḥ | yuvā sulalitaḥ kāmī tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ ||

Translation

ພຣະພຣາຫມັນກ່າວວ່າ: «ບາງທີລູກຊາຍຂອງເຈົ້າອາດຈະບໍ່ມີວິໄນ, ຫຼືລູກເຂີຍຂອງເຈົ້າເປັນຄົນ ‘ກວາດລ້າງ’ ທີ່ກວາດເອົາຊັບສິນໃນເຮືອນໄປໝົດ; ຫຼືເມຍຂອງເຈົ້າມີນິໄສຂັດຄ້ານ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຜອມລົງ ແລະ ໜ້າຈາງ. ຫຼືບາງທີພີ່ນ້ອງຂອງເຈົ້າຄົດຄ້ຽວຢ່າງຫນັກ; ຫຼືພໍ່ຂອງເຈົ້າຕາຍໄປເພາະຖືກຄວາມຫິວໂຫຍທຳລາຍ; ຫຼືແມ່, ພີ່ໃຫຍ່, ຫຼືອາຈານຂອງເຈົ້າກໍພິນາດໄປດັ່ງນັ້ນ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຜອມ ແລະ ໜ້າຈາງ. ຫຼືບາງທີເຈົ້າເຄີຍຂ້າພຣາຫມັນ ຫຼື ງົວ; ຫຼືເຄີຍລັກຊັບຂອງພຣາຫມັນ; ຫຼືໃນບາງເວລາເຄີຍເອົາຊັບຂອງເທວະດາເກີນຄວນ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຜອມ ແລະ ໜ້າຈາງ. ຫຼືບາງທີເມຍຂອງເຈົ້າຖືກລັກພາ; ຫຼືເຈົ້າແກ່ຊະລາ; ຫຼືຜູ້ຄົນໃນໂລກເລີ່ມຊັງເຈົ້າ; ຫຼືເຈົ້າ ‘ເຕີບໃຫຍ່’ ດ້ວຍອະວິຊາ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຜອມ ແລະ ໜ້າຈາງ. ຫຼືເຫັນວ່າເຈົ້າສະສົມຊັບໄວ້ເພື່ອວັຍແກ່, ຄົນອື່ນຈຶ່ງຍຶດເອົາຄວາມຮຸ່ງເຮືອງຂອງເຈົ້າ; ຫຼືເພື່ອດຳລົງຊີວິດ ເຈົ້າຈຳຕ້ອງພຶ່ງພາຄົນຊົ່ວ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຜອມ ແລະ ໜ້າຈາງ. ຫຼືແນ່ນອນ ເພາະເຈົ້າມີເມຍທີ່ຮັກຍິ່ງ, ຢູ່ໃກ້ເຈົ້າມີເພື່ອນບ້ານຜູ້ມັ່ງຄັ່ງຫຼາຍ—ໜຸ່ມ, ງາມ, ແລະຫຼົງໃນກາມ—ດັ່ງນັ້ນເຈົ້າຈຶ່ງຜອມ ແລະ ໜ້າຈາງ»។

Word by Word

सुदुर्विनीतःvery ill-disciplined

पुत्रःson

वाor

जामाताson-in-law

वाor

प्रमार्जकःone who cleans/sweeps (i.e., one who wipes out/appropriates)

दाराःwife (lit. wives; used for spouse)

वाor

प्रतिकूलाःhostile, adverse

तेthey (those of yours)

तेनby that, because of that

असिyou are

हरिणःpale/yellowish (lit. deer-colored)

कृशःthin, emaciated

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

brāhmaṇa (speaker)

putra (son)

jāmātā (son-in-law)

dārā/bhāryā (wife)

bhrātaraḥ (brothers)

pitā (father)

mātā (mother)

jyeṣṭha (elder brother)

guru (teachers/elders)

brāhmaṇa (as potential victim)

gauḥ (cow)

brahmasvam (Brahmin-property)

devasvam (property of the gods)

prātiveśya (neighbor)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage probes the moral and social causes behind a person’s visible decline: domestic disorder, dependence on the wicked, social hatred, and especially grave transgressions like harming a Brahmin or cow or stealing sacred property. It implies that inner ethical failure and unresolved wrongdoing manifest outwardly as anxiety, loss of vitality, and misfortune.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin addresses a man who appears emaciated and pale, offering a series of possible explanations—ranging from family troubles and bereavement to theft, abduction, old age, social enmity, and serious sins. The repeated refrain ‘therefore you are thin and pale’ functions as a diagnostic, pressing the listener toward self-examination and confession of the true cause.