Shloka 61

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

Devanagari script

पृच्छते हुन्नदातारं गृहमायाति चाशया । त॑ पूजयाथ यत्नेन सो3तिथित्रद्यमिणश्व॒ सः

Transliteration

pṛcchate hy annadātāraṃ gṛham āyāti cāśayā | taṃ pūjayātha yatnena so 'tithir dharmam īkṣate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: Dia bertanya akan pemberi makanan dan datang ke rumah dengan harapan. Maka, muliakanlah tetamu itu dengan penuh perhatian; kerana tetamu ialah insan yang menjelmakan dan menguji dharma.

Word by Word

• पृच्छते: asks, inquires
• पृच्छते: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Prathama, Eka

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• अन्नदातारम्: the giver of food
• अन्नदातारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्नदाता
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Eka

• गृहम्: home, house
• गृहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Napum, Dvitiya, Eka

• आयाति: comes, arrives
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (आ-)
• Form: Lat, Parasmaipada, Prathama, Eka

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

• आशया: with hope, in expectation
• आशया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशा
• Form: Stri, Trtiya, Eka

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Pum, Dvitiya, Eka

• पूजयाथ: you all should honor
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज्
• Form: Lot, Parasmaipada, Madhyama, Bahu

• यत्नेन: with effort, carefully
• यत्नेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न
• Form: Pum, Trtiya, Eka

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• अतिथिः: a guest
• अतिथिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Napum, Dvitiya, Eka

• यमिणश्व: corrupt/unclear reading (needs emendation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिश्चित

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वैशम्पायन (Vaiśampāyana)
• अतिथि (guest)
• गृह (house/home)
• अन्नदाता (giver of food/host)