Shloka 185

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

दक्ष दक्ष न कर्तव्यो मन्युर्विघ्नमिमं प्रति । अहं यज्ञहरस्तुभ्यं दृष्टमेतत्‌ पुरातनम्‌

Translation

“Dakṣa, Dakṣa! Não deixes que a ira se levante por causa deste obstáculo no sacrifício. Eu sou aquele que destrói o teu yajña; isto é algo visto desde tempos antigos.”

Word by Word

• दक्ष: O Daksha
• दक्ष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दक्ष: O Daksha
• दक्ष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• कर्तव्यः: to be done / to be made (i.e., should be)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्युः: anger, resentment
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विघ्नम्: obstacle, disruption
• विघ्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards; with regard to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञहरः: destroyer of the sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञहर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दृष्टम्: seen; known; experienced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• पुरातनम्: ancient; of old
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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