Shloka 7

Saṃsāra-Gahana Allegory: The Brāhmaṇa in the Forest and Well (संसारगहन-आख्यान)

Devanagari script

स तेषां छिद्रमन्विच्छन्‌ प्रद्गुतो भयपीडित:

Transliteration

sa teṣāṁ chidram anvicchan pradguto bhayapīḍitaḥ

Translation

ဝိဒုရက ဆိုသည်— «ကြောက်ရွံ့မှုကြောင့် တွန်းအားပေးခံရ၍ အတွင်းစိတ်လည်း တုန်လှုပ်နေသဖြင့်၊ သူသည် သူတို့ထဲတွင် ချို့ယွင်းချက်တစ်ခု—အပေါက်အဟ—ကို ဆက်လက်ရှာဖွေနေကာ အားနည်းရာကို ဖမ်းယူအသုံးချရန် ကြိုးစားခဲ့သည်»။

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (सामान्य), षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• छिद्रम्: a flaw; a weak point; an opening
• छिद्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: छिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अन्विच्छन्: seeking; searching for
• अन्विच्छन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + इष् (धातु) / अन्वेष् (पर्याय-धातु-प्रयोग)
• Form: वर्तमान (लट्), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद, शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त-रूप (प्रयोगतः क्रियावत्)

• प्रद्गुतः: agitated/perturbed (reading uncertain)
• प्रद्गुतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रद्गुत (प्रातिपदिक; पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भयपीडितः: afflicted by fear
• भयपीडितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय-पीडित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; पीड् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Fear-driven thinking tends to become fault-finding and opportunistic—seeking ‘chidra’ (a gap) in others rather than pursuing dharma. The verse highlights how inner agitation can distort judgment and ethics.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vidura describes a person (contextually, an adversarial figure) who, under the pressure of fear, searches for weaknesses in others—trying to find an opening to act against them.