Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तमतिक्रम्य विधिना प्रष्टमर्हसि काड्क्षितम्‌ । स ते परमकं धर्म न मिथ्या दर्शयिष्यति

Transliteration

tam atikramya vidhinā praṣṭum arhasi kāṅkṣitam | sa te paramakaṃ dharmaṃ na mithyā darśayiṣyati ||

Translation

ਤੂੰ ਢੰਗ-ਵਿਧੀ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਕੋਲ ਜਾ ਕੇ ਆਪਣਾ ਮਨਚਾਹਾ ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ ਪੁੱਛ। ਉਹ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਰਮ ਧਰਮ ਦਾ ਦਰਸ਼ਨ ਕਰਾਵੇਗਾ; ਝੂਠੇ ਧਰਮ ਨਾਲ ਭਟਕਾਏਗਾ ਨਹੀਂ।

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अतिक्रम्य: having approached/going up to (lit. having gone beyond/overstepped)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अति-क्रम्
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• विधिना: according to rule; with proper procedure
• विधिना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• प्रष्टुम्: to ask
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-शंस्/प्रच्छ् (प्रच्छ् = to ask)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• काङ्क्षितम्: desired (thing/question)
• काङ्क्षितम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काङ्क्षित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• परमकम्: supreme; most excellent
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• धर्मम्: dharma; righteous duty
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• मिथ्या: falsely; wrongly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मिथ्या

• दर्शयिष्यति: he will show/teach
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (causative: दर्शय-)
• Form: Future, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative

Speaker

ब्राह्मण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• ब्राह्मण (speaker)
• tam (an unnamed teacher/authority figure referred to as 'him')
• dharma (as the subject taught)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Seek guidance from a trustworthy authority and inquire with proper decorum; true dharma is transmitted through disciplined questioning and reliable instruction, not through misleading or false doctrines.

What is happening in the narrative?

A Brahmin advises the listener to go to a particular person (implied to be a competent teacher) and, following proper etiquette, ask the desired question; the teacher is affirmed as one who will reveal the highest dharma without teaching anything false.