Shloka 10

Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)

Devanagari script

ता: कामलुब्धा: प्रमदा: प्रबाधनते नरान्‌ सदा । क्रोधं कामस्य देवेश: सहायं चासृजत्‌ प्रभु:

Transliteration

tāḥ kāmalubdhāḥ pramadāḥ prabādhanate narān sadā | krodhaṁ kāmasya deveśaḥ sahāyaṁ cāsṛjat prabhuḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma berkata: “Wanita-wanita itu, kerana tamak akan nafsu, sentiasa mengganggu dan mengacaukan kaum lelaki. Dan Tuhan para dewa—sang penguasa—menciptakan kemarahan sebagai sekutu kepada nafsu.”

Word by Word

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कामलुब्धाः: greedy for desire (lust-driven)
• कामलुब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामलुब्ध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रमदाः: women
• प्रमदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रबाधन्ते: harass, oppress
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + बाध्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• नरान्: men
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कामस्य: of desire (Kāma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• देवेशः: lord of the gods
• देवेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहायम्: a helper, ally
• सहायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• असृजत्: created, produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रभुः: the lord, the mighty one
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• deveśa (Lord of the gods, commonly Indra)
• kāma (Desire personified)
• krodha (Anger personified)
• pramadāḥ (women)