Shloka 10
दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint
Dama
Devanagari script
तस्मात् तदात्मकादू रागाद् बीजाज्जायन्ति जन्तव: । स्वदेहजानस्वसंज्ञान् यद्वदड़ात् कृरमीस्त्यजेत् । स्वसंज्ञानस्वकांस्तद्वत् सुतसंज्ञान् कृमीस्त्यजेत्
Transliteration
tasmāt tad-ātmakād rāgād bījāj jāyante jantavaḥ | sva-deha-jān sva-saṃjñān yadvad aṇḍāt kṛmīs tyajet | sva-saṃjñān svakāṃs tadvat suta-saṃjñān kṛmīs tyajet |
Translation
ພີສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຈາກຄວາມຫຼົງຮັກທີ່ຜູກຕົນເຂົ້າກັບ “ຂ້ອຍ” ແລະຈາກເມັດພັນ ສັດມີຊີວິດທັງຫຼາຍຈຶ່ງເກີດຂຶ້ນ. ເຫມືອນຄົນທີ່ປັດທິ້ງໜອນຫຼືແມງທີ່ເກີດຈາກຮ່າງກາຍຕົນເອງ ແມ່ນແຕ່ມັນມີເຄື່ອງໝາຍວ່າ “ເກີດຈາກຂ້ອຍ” ກໍຕາມ, ດັ່ງນັ້ນເອງ ຄວນປັດທິ້ງ “ໜອນ” ທີ່ຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ “ລູກ” ແລະອ້າງວ່າເປັນຂອງຕົນ.
Word by Word
तस्मात्from that; therefore
तस्मात्:
Apadana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
तदात्मकात्from that-natured (i.e., having that as its essence)
तदात्मकात्:
Apadana
TypeAdjective
Rootतदात्मन्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular
रागात्from attachment/passion
रागात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootराग
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
बीजात्from seed (semen)
बीजात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootबीज
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
जायन्तिare born; arise
जायन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Atmanepada
जन्तवःliving beings/creatures
जन्तवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
स्वदेहजातान्born from one’s own body
स्वदेहजातान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वदेहजात
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
स्वसंज्ञान्called/known as one’s own
स्वसंज्ञान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वसंज्ञ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
यद्वत्just as
यद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद्वत्
अङ्गात्from the body/limb
अङ्गात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअङ्ग
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
कृमीन्worms/insects
कृमीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
त्यजेत्should abandon
त्यजेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
स्वसंज्ञानस्वकान्those regarded as one’s own by the notion ‘mine’
स्वसंज्ञानस्वकान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वसंज्ञानस्वक
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
तद्वत्in the same way
तद्वत्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतद्वत्
सुतसंज्ञान्called/known as ‘sons’
सुतसंज्ञान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootसुतसंज्ञ
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
कृमीन्worms/insects
कृमीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
त्यजेत्should abandon
त्यजेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootत्यज्
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
Bhishma (speaker)J
jantavaḥ (living beings)B
bīja (seed/semen)K
kṛmi (worms/larvae)S
suta (son, as a designation)Sandhi Notes