Shloka 73

Adhyaya 32: Saṃjaya’s Return, Audience with Dhṛtarāṣṭra, and Ethical Admonition

Devanagari script

चत्वारि कर्माण्यभयंकराणि भयं प्रयच्छन्त्ययथाकृतानि । मानाग्निहोत्रमुत मानमौनं मानेनाधीतमुत मानयज्ञ:,चार कर्म भयको दूर करनेवाले हैं; किंतु वे ही यदि ठीक तरहसे सम्पादित न हों, तो भय प्रदान करते हैं। वे कर्म हैं--आदरके साथ अग्निहोत्र, आदरपूर्वक मौनका पालन, आदरपूर्वक स्वाध्याय और आदरके साथ यज्ञका अनुष्ठान

Transliteration

catvāri karmāṇy abhayankarāṇi bhayaṁ prayacchanty ayathākṛtāni | mānāgnihotram uta mānamaunaṁ mānenādhītam uta mānayajñaḥ ||

Translation

ବିଦୁର କହିଲେ—ଚାରିଟି କର୍ମ ଭୟ ଦୂର କରେ; କିନ୍ତୁ ଯଥାବିଧି ନ କରାଗଲେ ସେଇ କର୍ମ ନିଜେ ଭୟ ଓ ଅନର୍ଥ ଦେଇଥାଏ। ସେଗୁଡ଼ିକ—ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହ ଅଗ୍ନିହୋତ୍ର, ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହ ମୌନ, ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହ ସ୍ୱାଧ୍ୟାୟ, ଏବଂ ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହ ଯଜ୍ଞାନୁଷ୍ଠାନ।

Word by Word

• {'catvāri': 'four', 'karmāṇi': 'acts, practices, ritual duties', 'abhayankarāṇi': 'fear-dispelling, producing fearlessness', 'bhayam': 'fear, danger', 'prayacchanti': 'they give, they bring about', 'ayathākṛtāni': 'done wrongly, performed not according to rule/propriety', 'māna': 'honour, reverence, respectful regard', 'agnihotram': 'Agnihotra

• the fire-offering rite', 'maunam': 'silence

• vow of silence/restraint of speech', 'adhītam': 'what is studied/recited

• Vedic study, svādhyāya', 'yajñaḥ': 'sacrifice

• ritual worship/solemn offering', 'uta': 'and also, moreover'}

Speaker

विदुर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vidura
• Agnihotra
• Mauna
• Svadhyaya
• Yajna