Shloka 14

Adhyāya 115: On Restraint Under Verbal Provocation in the Assembly (सभायां आक्रोश-सहिष्णुता)

Devanagari script

तस्मात्‌ प्राज्ञो नर: सद्यस्तादृशं॑ पापचेतसम्‌ | वर्जयेत्‌ साधुभिर्वज्य सारमेयामिषं यथा

Transliteration

tasmāt prājño naraḥ sadyas tādṛśaṃ pāpacetasam | varjayet sādhubhir varjyaṃ sārameyāmiṣaṃ yathā ||

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് പ്രാജ്ഞൻ ഉടൻ തന്നെ അത്തരം പാപചേതസ്സിനെ—സാധുക്കൾ ബഹിഷ്കരിക്കുന്നവനെ—വിട്ടൊഴിയണം; നായ തൊട്ട മാംസം ഒഴിവാക്കുന്നതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that (reason)
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• प्राज्ञः: wise
• प्राज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राज्ञ
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सद्यः: immediately
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यस्

• तादृशम्: such; of that kind
• तादृशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• पापचेतसम्: evil-minded
• पापचेतसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापचेतस्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• वर्जयेत्: should avoid
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृज्
• Form: optative (vidhilin), third, singular, parasmaipada

• साधुभिः: by/with the good (people)
• साधुभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• वर्ज्यम्: to be avoided; avoidable
• वर्ज्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ज्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• सारमेय: of a dog
• Type: Noun
• Root: सारमेय
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• आमिषम्: meat; bait
• आमिषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिष
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• यथा: as; just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• wise person (prājña nara)
• evil-minded person (pāpacetas)
• the good/virtuous (sādhavaḥ)
• dog (sārameya)
• meat (āmiṣa)