Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अन्तर्गतमभिप्रायं नूनं नेच्छसि लज्जया । विवेक्तुं प्राप्तिशैथिल्यात्‌ तेनासि हरिण: कृश:,निश्चय ही तुम लज्जावश किसीपर अपना आन्तरिक अभिप्राय नहीं प्रकट करना चाहते, क्योंकि तुम्हें अपनी अभीष्ट वस्तुकी प्राप्तिके विषयमें संदेह है, इसीलिये चिन्तावश सूखते और पीले पड़ते जा रहे हो

Transliteration

antargatam abhiprāyaṃ nūnaṃ necchasi lajjayā | vivektuṃ prāpti-śaithilyāt tenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ |

Translation

Sesungguhnya, kerana malu, engkau tidak mahu menyingkap niat yang tersembunyi di dalam hati. Oleh sebab engkau ragu akan tercapainya apa yang engkau dambakan, keteguhanmu menjadi longgar; maka engkau pun semakin susut—laksana seekor rusa—menjadi kurus kerana gelisah dan bimbang.

Word by Word

• {'antargatam': 'gone within

• inward, hidden', 'abhiprāyam': 'intention, inner purpose, thought', 'nūnam': 'surely, indeed', 'na icchasi (necchasi)': 'you do not wish', 'lajjayā': 'out of shame/modesty', 'vivektum': 'to discern, to explain clearly, to articulate', 'prāpti': 'attainment, obtaining', 'śaithilyāt': 'from slackness, from loosening/weakening', 'tena': 'therefore, for that reason', 'asi': 'you are', 'hariṇaḥ': 'a deer (metaphor for timidity and frailty)', 'kṛśaḥ': 'thin, emaciated'}

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)
• हरिण (deer, as simile)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how unspoken desire combined with doubt about success weakens determination; this inner conflict manifests as visible distress. Ethically, it points to the need for clarity of intention and steadiness of resolve rather than being consumed by anxious hesitation.

What is happening in the narrative?

A brāhmaṇa addresses someone who is visibly wasting away. He infers that the person is hiding an inner wish out of modesty and, because of uncertainty about attaining the desired goal, has become mentally agitated and physically emaciated—likened to a timid deer.