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Shloka 5

अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्

Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed

जनमेजय! तुम जो दीपकालसे भक्ष्य-भोज्य आदि पदार्थोंका परित्याग करके तपस्यामें लगे हुए हो, यह पापसे अभिभूत हुए मनुष्योंके लिये अद्भुत बात है ।। यो<दुर्लभो भवेद्‌ दाता कृपणो वा तपोधन: । अनाश्चर्य तदित्याहुर्नातिदूरेण वर्तते,यदि धन-सम्पन्न पुरुष दानी हो एवं कृपण या दरिद्र मनुष्य तपस्याका धनी हो जाय तो इसे आश्वर्यकी बात नहीं मानते हैं; क्योंकि ऐसे पुरुषोंका दान और तपसे सम्पन्न होना अधिक कठिन नहीं है

Janamejaya! tvaṁ yo dīpakālāt bhakṣya-bhojyādi-padārthān parityajya tapasyāyāṁ lagnaḥ, etat pāpābhibhūtānāṁ manuṣyāṇāṁ adbhutaṁ bhavati. Yo durlabho bhaved dātā kṛpaṇo vā tapodhanaḥ; anāścaryaṁ tad ity āhur nātidūreṇa vartate. Yadi dhana-sampannaḥ puruṣo dānī syāt, evaṁ kṛpaṇo vā daridro manuṣyas tapasyā-dhano bhavet, tad āścaryam iti na manyante; yato ’sya dāna-tapaḥ-sampannatvaṁ nātyantaṁ duṣkaram.

शौनक म्हणाले—जनमेजया! दीपकाळच्या भोजनातही चर्व्य-भोज्य इत्यादींचा त्याग करून तू तपश्चर्येत प्रवृत्त झालास, हे पापाने ग्रस्त लोकांसाठी अद्भुत आहे. तरीही लोक म्हणतात, हे खरेच आश्चर्य नाही—धनवान दाता होऊ शकतो, आणि कृपण वा दरिद्र तपोधन होऊ शकतो; कारण संपन्नासाठी दान आणि अभावग्रस्तासाठी तप फार दूरची गोष्ट नाही।

यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दुर्लभःrare, hard to find
दुर्लभः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootदुर्लभ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवेत्might be / would be
भवेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
दाताgiver, donor
दाता:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदातृ
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कृपणःmiserly, stingy
कृपणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृपण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
तपोधनःone whose wealth is austerity (ascetic)
तपोधनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootतपोधन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अनाश्चर्यम्not a wonder
अनाश्चर्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनाश्चर्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
आहुःthey say
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Rootअह्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अतिदूरेणby/with (being) very far; too far
अतिदूरेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअतिदूर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
वर्ततेexists, is found, occurs
वर्तते:
TypeVerb
Rootवृत्
FormPresent (Laṭ), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

शौनक उवाच

J
Janamejaya
Ś
Śaunaka

Educational Q&A

Moral excellence is judged against one’s inner condition: for those dominated by sin, renunciation and austerity appear astonishing; yet generosity is more natural for the wealthy and austerity can be more accessible to the poor, so such achievements are not inherently miraculous but depend on disposition and practice.

Śaunaka addresses King Janamejaya, praising his current ascetic restraint (renouncing food pleasures) while reflecting on how society perceives virtue—calling some acts ‘wonders’ and explaining why certain virtues may be easier for certain people based on their circumstances.