Shloka 31

Umā–Maheśvara-saṃvāda: Varṇa-bhraṃśa, Ācāra (Vṛtta), and Karmic Ascent/Decline

Devanagari script

वैमनस्यं च देवानां कृतं भवति पुष्कलम्‌ | पावकश्च महातेजा हव्यं न प्रतिगृह्नति

Transliteration

vaimanasyaṃ ca devānāṃ kṛtaṃ bhavati puṣkalam | pāvakaś ca mahātejā havyaṃ na pratigṛhṇati ||

Translation

ဓမ္မက မိန့်တော်မူသည်— «ထိုသူအပေါ် ဒေဝတားများ၏ ရန်လိုမှုသည် အလွန်ကြီးမားစွာ ဖြစ်ပေါ်လာပြီး၊ တောက်ပ၍ အင်အားကြီးသော အဂ္နိသည်လည်း သူပူဇော်သော ဟဝိ (ပူဇော်ပစ္စည်း) ကို မလက်ခံချေ»။

Word by Word

• वैमनस्यं: enmity, ill-will
• वैमनस्यं: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैमनस्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कृतम्: made, produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भवति: becomes, arises
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुष्कलम्: abundant, great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्कल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पावकः: Agni, fire
• पावकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हव्यम्: oblation, offering
• हव्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: हव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• प्रतिगृह्णति: accepts, receives
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

धर्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dharma
• Devas (gods)
• Pāvaka/Agni (Fire)
• Havya (oblation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unrighteous conduct can make a person spiritually and ritually unfit: it provokes divine hostility and renders sacrificial offerings ineffective, showing that outer ritual cannot compensate for inner ethical failure.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dharma is describing the consequences that follow a wrongdoer: the gods become antagonistic, and Agni (the sacrificial fire) refuses to accept that person’s offerings—signaling a breakdown of the person’s relationship with the sacred order.