Shloka 6

अज्ञान–लोभयोः परस्परहेतुत्वम्

Mutual Causality of Ignorance and Greed

Devanagari script

एतदेव हि कार्पण्यं समग्रमसमीक्षितम्‌ | यच्चेत्‌ समी क्षयैव स्याद्‌ भवेत्‌ तस्मिंस्ततो गुण:

Transliteration

etad eva hi kārpaṇyaṁ samagram asamīkṣitam | yac cet samīkṣyaiva syād bhavet tasmiṁs tato guṇaḥ ||

Translation

ଶୌନକ କହିଲେ—ପୂର୍ବପର ବିଚାର ନ କରି ସମଗ୍ର ବିଷୟକୁ ଧରି କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରିବା ଏହି କାତରତାର ଦୋଷ। କିନ୍ତୁ ଭଲଭାବେ ପରୀକ୍ଷା କରି ପରେ ଯଦି ପ୍ରବୃତ୍ତି ହୁଏ, ସେଇ ବିଚାର ତାହାର ଗୁଣ ହୋଇଯାଏ।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• हि: for/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• कार्पण्यम्: cowardice; mean-spiritedness
• कार्पण्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्पण्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• समग्रम्: entirely/wholly
• समग्रम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• असमीक्षितम्: not examined/considered
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सम्-ईक्ष् (सम् + ईक्ष्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• यत्: which/that (relative)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• चेत्: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत्

• समीक्षया: by examination/consideration
• समीक्षया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: समीक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• स्यात्: would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भवेत्: would become/would be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्मिन्: in that (case/thing)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon; from that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• गुणः: merit/virtue
• गुणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Acting without examining consequences and context is labeled kārpaṇya (weak, blameworthy irresolution), whereas acting after careful consideration (samīkṣya) is itself a guṇa (virtue) in the action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka comments in a didactic tone, contrasting unexamined, impulsive undertaking with reflective deliberation, framing the latter as ethically commendable within the Shānti Parva’s instruction on right conduct.