Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

विज्ञातमेवं भवतु करिष्ये प्रियमात्मन: । गत्वा55श्रमपदाद्‌ दूरमुटजं कृतवांस्तु सः

Transliteration

vijñātam evaṁ bhavatu kariṣye priyam ātmanaḥ | gatvā āśramapadād dūram uṭajaṁ kṛtavāṁs tu saḥ ||

Translation

“അങ്ങനെ തന്നെയാകട്ടെ; ഞാൻ മനസ്സിലാക്കി. എനിക്ക് പ്രിയമായതുതന്നെ ഞാൻ ചെയ്യും.” എന്ന് നിശ്ചയിച്ച് അവൻ ആ ആശ്രമസ്ഥാനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ദൂരെയായി പോയി തനിക്കായി ഒരു പർണ്ണകുടിൽ പണിതു.

Word by Word

• विज्ञातम्: understood/known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विज्ञा (धातु) → विज्ञात (कृदन्त)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• भवतु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: imperative, 3rd, singular

• करिष्ये: I will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: simple future, 1st, singular

• प्रियम्: what is dear/pleasing
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आत्मनः: of myself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: absolutive (ktvā)

• आश्रमपदात्: from the hermitage-site
• आश्रमपदात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• दूरम्: far away
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)

• उटजम्: a hut
• उटजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उटज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कृतवान्: did/made (having done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृतवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma (speaker)
• āśramapada (hermitage-site)
• uṭaja (hut/leaf-cottage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical tension between personal inclination (priyam ātmanaḥ) and the discipline expected within an āśrama; choosing what merely pleases oneself can lead one to step outside the intended order and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

A man, having decided to act according to his own preference, leaves the established hermitage area and constructs a separate hut at a distance, signaling a deliberate withdrawal from the prior setting and its norms.