Shloka 14

कुण्डधारोपाख्यानम्

Kuṇḍadhāra-Upākhyāna: Dharma’s Superiority over Wealth and Desire

Devanagari script

अश्रद्दधान एवैको देवानां नाते हवि: । तस्यैवान्नं न भोक्तव्यमिति धर्मविदो विदु:

Transliteration

aśraddadhāna evaiko devānāṃ nāte haviḥ | tasyaivānnaṃ na bhoktavyam iti dharmavido viduḥ ||

Translation

ພີສະມະ (Bhīṣma) ກ່າວວ່າ: ຖ້າຊາຍຄົນໜຶ່ງຜູ້ຂາດສັດທາ (śraddhā) ຖວາຍເຄື່ອງບູຊາ (havis) ທີ່ບໍ່ແທ້ຈິງເພື່ອເທວະ, ນັກປັນຍາຜູ້ຮູ້ທຳ (dharma) ກ່າວວ່າ ແມ່ນແຕ່ອາຫານຂອງຜູ້ນັ້ນກໍບໍ່ຄວນກິນ. ຄຳສອນນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ພິທີກຳທີ່ບໍ່ມີສັດທາແມ່ນຫວ່າງເປົ່າທາງຈິດທຳ, ແລະການຮັບອາຫານອາດເປັນເຫດໃຫ້ເຂົ້າຮ່ວມໃນຄວາມບໍ່ບໍລິສຸດແຫ່ງເຈດຕະນານັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• अश्रद्दधानः: faithless, without श्रद्धा
• अश्रद्दधानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अश्रद्दधान (श्रद्धा-धातु-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण, वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• एकः: alone, single
• एकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of/for the gods
• देवानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अते: eats/consumes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अत (अद्/अत्ति इत्यस्य लिट्-रूपेण/आर्षप्रयोगः; अथवा 'अत' इति धातोः परस्मैपदम्)
• Form: Present (archaic/irregular form), 3rd, Singular

• हविः: oblation, sacrificial offering
• हविः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• एव: indeed, only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• भोक्तव्यम्: should be eaten (is to be eaten)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, तव्यत् (gerundive/obligative passive participle)

• इति: thus, 'that'
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• धर्मविदः: knowers of dharma
• धर्मविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• विदुः: know, have known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (ज्ञान)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• devas (the gods)
• havis (oblation)
• anna (food)