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Shloka 5

अध्याय १७८ — प्राणवायुगतिः तथा शारीराग्निव्यवस्था

Adhyāya 178 — The courses of prāṇa-vāyu and the regulation of the bodily fire

ईहमानो धनं मड्किर्भग्नेहश्व॒ पुन: पुन: । केनचिद्‌ धनशेषेण क्रीतवान्‌ दम्यगोयुगम्‌

īhamāno dhanaṃ maṅkir bhagnehaś ca punaḥ punaḥ | kenacid dhanaśeṣeṇa krītavān damyagoyugam ||

ဘိဿမက ပြောသည်။ မင်္ကီသည် ငွေကြေးရရှိရန် နည်းလမ်းမျိုးစုံဖြင့် ကြိုးစားခဲ့သော်လည်း အကြိမ်ကြိမ် အလဟဿဖြစ်သွား၏။ နောက်ဆုံးတွင် ငွေကျပ်ကျပ်လေးသာ ကျန်သည့်အခါ ထိုငွေဖြင့် နွားကလေးငယ် နှစ်ကောင်ကို ဝယ်ယူ하였다—မပြတ်မလပ် လောဘနှင့် ထပ်ခါထပ်ခါ စိတ်ပျက်ခြင်းတို့က စိတ်ကို သဘောပေါက်မှုနှင့် ထိန်းချုပ်မှုသို့ လှည့်ပေးနိုင်ကြောင်းကို ပြသရန် အစပြုရာ ဖြစ်၏။

ईहमानःendeavouring, striving
ईहमानः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootईह् (धातु) → ईहमान (शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धनम्wealth, money
धनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
मड्किःMaṅki (proper name)
मड्किः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमड्कि (नामन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भग्नbroken, thwarted (i.e., with efforts failing)
भग्न:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभञ्ज् (धातु) → भग्न (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ईहःeffort, attempt
ईहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootईह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
पुनःagain (repeatedly)
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
केनचित्by some, with some (i.e., with a certain)
केनचित्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक (सर्वनाम) + चित् (निपात)
धनशेषेणwith the remaining money
धनशेषेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधनशेष (धन + शेष)
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
क्रीतवान्bought, purchased
क्रीतवान्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootक्री (धातु) → क्रीतवत् (क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दम्यगोयुगम्a pair of (young) oxen/calves fit to be tamed
दम्यगोयुगम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदम्यगोयुग (दम्य + गो + युग)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
M
Maṅki
W
wealth (dhana)
A
a pair of young calves (damya-goyuga)

Educational Q&A

Repeated failure in the pursuit of wealth highlights the instability of external gain; the episode points toward ethical self-control and the possibility that disappointment can awaken detachment and clearer judgment.

Bhishma narrates that Maṅki repeatedly tried to earn money but kept failing; with the little money left, he finally purchases a pair of young calves, which becomes the immediate circumstance for the next events and moral reflection.