Shloka 3

दमप्रशंसा — Praise of Self-Restraint

Dama

Devanagari script

तस्य मायापिनद्धाड़ा नष्टतज्ञाना विचेतस: । मानवा ज्ञानसम्मोहात्‌ ततः क्रोध॑ प्रयान्ति वै

Transliteration

tasya māyāpinaddhāḍyā naṣṭa-tajñānā vicetasaḥ | mānavā jñāna-sammohāt tataḥ krodhaṁ prayānti vai ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက မိန့်ကြားသည်။ ထိုအရှင်၏ မာယာဖြင့် ဖုံးလွှမ်းသွားသောအခါ လူတို့၏ အမှန်တကယ် နားလည်မှုနှင့် ခွဲခြားသိမြင်နိုင်စွမ်း ပျက်စီးသွားသည်။ အသိပညာ၌ မောဟဖြစ်၍ နောက်ဆုံးတွင် ဒေါသ၏ အာဏာအောက်သို့ ကျရောက်ကြသည်။

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (Lord)
• तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• मायया: by (his) illusion
• मायया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया
• Form: feminine, instrumental, singular

• पिनद्धाः: covered/veiled
• पिनद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पि-नह् (नह्) + क्त (पिनद्ध)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• नष्ट: destroyed/lost
• नष्ट: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् + क्त (नष्ट)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तत्: that (knowledge)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• विचेतसः: bereft of discernment; confused
• विचेतसः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचेतस्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• मानवाः: men/humans
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ज्ञानसम्मोहात्: from delusion regarding knowledge; from intellectual bewilderment
• ज्ञानसम्मोहात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान + सम्मोह
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• ततः: thereupon/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रयान्ति: go/come to; fall into
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-या
• Form: present, third, plural, parasmaipada

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Īśvara (the Lord)
• māyā