Shloka 2536

कपिल–स्यूमरश्मि संवादः

Kapila and Syūmaraśmi on Renunciation, Householder Support, and Epistemic Authority

Devanagari script

स भयं सर्वभूतेभ्य: सम्प्राप्नोति महामते । महामते! विद्वन! जैसे नदीके तीरपर आकर कोलाहल करनेवाले मनुष्यके डरसे सभी जलचर जन्‍्तु भयके मारे छिप जाते हैं तथा जिस प्रकार भेड़ियेको देखकर सभी थर्रा उठते हैं

Transliteration

sa bhayaṁ sarvabhūtebhyaḥ samprāpnoti mahāmate |

Translation

ମହାମତେ! ଯେ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କୁ ଭୟ ଦେଉଛି, ସେ ନିଜେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ଭୂତମାନଙ୍କଠାରୁ ଭୟ ପାଉଛି। ଯେପରି ନଦୀତଟରେ କୋଳାହଳ କରୁଥିବା ମନୁଷ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କ ଭୟରେ ସମସ୍ତ ଜଳଚର ପ୍ରାଣୀ ଭୀତ ହୋଇ ଲୁଚିଯାନ୍ତି, ଏବଂ ଯେପରି ଭେଡ଼ିଆକୁ ଦେଖି ସମସ୍ତେ କମ୍ପିଉଠନ୍ତି, ସେପରି ଯାହାକୁ ସମସ୍ତେ ଭୟ କରନ୍ତି, ସେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସମସ୍ତ ପ୍ରାଣୀଠାରୁ ଭୟ ପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରେ।

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वभूतेभ्यः: from all beings
• सर्वभूतेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Plural

• सम्प्राप्नोति: attains/gets
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√प्राप् (प्राप्नोति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular

• महामते: O great-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

तुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Tulādhāra
• sarvabhūta (all beings)
• riverbank (tīra, implied by the simile in the Hindi gloss)
• aquatic creatures (jalacara, implied)
• wolf (bheḍiyā, implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creating fear in others rebounds upon oneself: the intimidator becomes surrounded by fear from all sides. Ethical strength lies in harmlessness and restraint, not in terrorizing others.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Śānti Parva dialogue, Tulādhāra instructs his listener by stating a general moral law and reinforcing it with vivid similes (animals hiding at a riverbank; trembling at a wolf), illustrating how fear spreads and returns to its source.