Shloka 15

जपयोगयोः तुल्यफलनिर्णयः

Adhyāya 193: Adjudication of the Comparable Fruits of Japa and Yoga

Devanagari script

इह श्रमो भयं मोह: क्षुधा तीव्रा च जायते । लोभभश्चार्थकृतो नृणां येन मुहन्त्यपण्डिता:

Transliteration

iha śramo bhayaṁ mohaḥ kṣudhā tīvrā ca jāyate | lobhaś cārthakṛto nṛṇāṁ yena muhyanty apaṇḍitāḥ ||

Translation

ଭରଦ୍ୱାଜ କହିଲେ—ଏହି ଲୋକରେ ଶ୍ରମ, ଭୟ, ମୋହ ଏବଂ ତୀବ୍ର କ୍ଷୁଧାର ଯନ୍ତ୍ରଣା ଜନ୍ମେ। ମନୁଷ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଧନଜନିତ ଲୋଭ ବିଶେଷ ପ୍ରବଳ; ତାହାରେ ଅବିବେକୀମାନେ ମୋହିତ ହୋଇ ଭ୍ରମିତ ହୁଅନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• श्रमः: fatigue, toil
• श्रमः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• मोहः: delusion
• मोहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षुधा: hunger
• क्षुधा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुधा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तीव्रा: intense
• तीव्रा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीव्र
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• जायते: arises, is produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• लोभः: greed
• लोभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अर्थकृतः: caused by wealth; arising from gain
• अर्थकृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्थकृत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नृणाम्: of men, of humans
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मुह्यन्ति: become deluded, are confused
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुह्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural

• अपण्डिताः: the unlearned, the foolish
• अपण्डिताः: Karta
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: अपण्डित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bharadvāja

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worldly life naturally brings hardship (toil, fear, hunger) and mental confusion; greed for wealth intensifies this confusion, especially for those without discernment, so ethical clarity requires restraint and detachment from artha-driven craving.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja speaks as a teacher, diagnosing common sources of human suffering and moral error—especially the deluding power of wealth-born greed.