Shloka 31

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

अनड्वाहं तु यो दद्याद्‌ बलवन्तं धुरंधरम्‌

Transliteration

anaḍvāhaṃ tu yo dadyād balavantaṃ dhuraṃdharam

Translation

ബലവാനും നുകം വഹിക്കാൻ കഴിവുള്ള ധുരന്ധര കാളയെ ആരെങ്കിലും ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ, അവൻ മഹാപുണ്യം സമ്പാദിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अनड्वाहम्: a bull/ox (draught-bull)
• अनड्वाहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनड्वाह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बलवन्तम्: strong
• बलवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धुरंधरम्: fit for bearing the yoke/burden; a good draught-animal
• धुरंधरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धुरंधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

मार्कण्डेय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Mārkaṇḍeya
• draught-bull (anaḍvāha)