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

Mārkaṇḍeya berkata: “Sesiapa yang menghadiahkan seekor lembu jantan penarik bajak yang kuat—mampu memikul kuk dan menanggung beban—akan memperoleh pahala yang besar.”

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)