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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 ||

«ဤသို့သောနည်းဖြင့် ငွေကြေးကို ရရှိပြီးနောက် ဉာဏ်ရှိသူ မည်သူက ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ကို ဂုဏ်ယူကာ အော်ဟစ်မည်နည်း။ လှည့်စားမှုနှင့် စီမံထားသော လိမ်လည်နည်းလမ်းများဖြင့် ငှက်ဖမ်းသမားက အသက်မွေးသကဲ့သို့၊ လိမ်လည်သော အသက်မွေးဝမ်းကျောင်းဖြင့် စည်းစိမ်ကို ရလျှင် ပညာရှိတို့အနက် မည်သူက ကိုယ့်ပါးစပ်ဖြင့် ကိုယ့်ကိုယ်ကို ချီးမွမ်းမည်နည်း။»

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.