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Shloka 9

अध्याय ५०: उत्तरेण सह अर्जुनस्य रथप्रयाणे ध्वजचिह्नैः कौरवसेनानिर्देशः

Arjuna directs Uttara by identifying Kaurava commanders through banners

तथाधिगगम्य वित्तानि को विकत्थेद्‌ विचक्षण: । निकृत्या वज्चनायोगैश्वरन्‌ वैतंसिको यथा

tathādhigamya vittāni ko vikatthhed vicakṣaṇaḥ | nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiś caran vaitamsiko yathā ||

Setelah memperoleh harta dengan cara demikian, siapakah orang yang bijaksana akan bermegah? Seperti penangkap burung yang menyara hidup dengan tipu daya dan helah yang direka untuk memperdaya, demikian juga—jika kekayaan diraih melalui cara hidup yang curang—siapakah antara orang arif yang akan memuji dirinya dengan mulutnya sendiri?

तथाthus, in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
अधिगम्यhaving obtained
अधिगम्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-गम्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), parasmaipada (sense)
वित्तानिwealths, monies
वित्तानि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवित्त
Formneuter, accusative, plural
कःwho?
कः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
विकत्थेत्would boast
विकत्थेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि-कत्थ्
Formoptative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
विचक्षणःdiscerning, wise
विचक्षणः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootविचक्षण
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
निकृत्याby deceit, by fraud
निकृत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनिकृति
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
वञ्चनायोगैःby means of deception-devices
वञ्चनायोगैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवञ्चना-योग
Formmasculine, instrumental, plural
ईश्वरन्a master (living by such means)
ईश्वरन्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईश्वर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
वैतंसिकःa bird-catcher (fowler)
वैतंसिकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैतंसिक
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
यथाas, just like
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा

कृप उवाच

K
Kṛpa
V
vaitamsika (fowler/bird-catcher)

Educational Q&A

Wealth gained through deceit and fraudulent stratagems is ethically tainted; a truly wise person feels no ground for self-praise from such gains and avoids boasting, emphasizing integrity and humility.

Kṛpa speaks critically about acquiring wealth by crooked means, using the example of a bird-catcher who survives through traps and deception, to argue that such earnings do not justify pride.