Shloka 10

Āśrama-dharma: Duties of the Four Life-Stages (आश्रमधर्मः)

Devanagari script

त॑ चेद्‌ द्विजमुपागच्छेद्‌ वर्तमानं स्वकर्मणि । अकुर्वाणं विकर्माणि शान्तं प्रज्ञानतर्पितम्‌

Transliteration

taṁ ced dvijam upāgacched vartamānaṁ svakarmaṇi | akurvāṇaṁ vikarmāṇi śāntaṁ prajñāna-tarpitam ||

Translation

സ്വധർമ്മത്തിൽ സ്ഥിരനായി, നിഷിദ്ധകർമ്മങ്ങൾ ചെയ്യാതെയും, ശാന്തനായി, ജ്ഞാനത്താൽ തൃപ്തമായ ബുദ്ധിയുള്ള ദ്വിജനെ ആരെങ്കിലും സമീപിച്ചാൽ—അവനെ യോഗ്യനെന്ന് കരുതി അവനിൽ നിന്ന് ഉപദേശം സ്വീകരിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• तत्: him/that (person)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• चेत्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• द्विजम्: a brahmin (twice-born)
• द्विजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• उपागच्छेत्: should approach
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-गम्
• Form: optative (vidhilin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• वर्तमानम्: being engaged/abiding
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्तमान
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• स्वकर्मणि: in his own duty/work
• स्वकर्मणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वकर्मन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अकुर्वाणम्: not doing
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-कर् (कृ)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• विकर्माणि: forbidden/wrong acts
• विकर्माणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकर्मन्
• Form: neuter, accusative, plural

• शान्तम्: calm, peaceful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रज्ञानतर्पितम्: satiated/content with wisdom
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रज्ञान-तर्पित
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• dvija