Shloka 11

Ṛśyaśṛṅgopākhyāna-praveśaḥ — Lomāśa narrates the origins of Ṛśyaśṛṅga and the Anga drought (ऋश्यशृङ्गोपाख्यान-प्रवेशः)

Devanagari script

एवमेतानि कर्माणि राजंस्तेन महर्षिणा । कृतानि कानिचित्‌ क्रोधात्‌ प्रतिषिद्धानि कानिचित्‌

Transliteration

evametāni karmāṇi rājan tena maharṣiṇā | kṛtāni kānicit krodhāt pratiṣiddhāni kānicit

Translation

Assim, ó rei, algumas dessas ações foram realizadas por aquele grande sábio; e outras, tomado pela ira, ele as proibiu. O relato evidencia que até o poder da ascese deve ser governado pela contenção, e que a cólera pode transformar a autoridade em proibição, em vez de orientação.

Word by Word

एवम्thus

एतानिthese

कर्माणिdeeds, actions

राजन्O king

तेनby him

महर्षिणाby the great sage

कृतानिdone, performed

कानिचित्some

क्रोधात्from anger, out of anger

प्रतिषिद्धानिforbidden, prohibited

कानिचित्some (others)

Speaker

लोगमश उवाच

Characters & Entities

Lomāśa

king (rājan)

a great sage (maharṣi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts actions properly undertaken by a sage with prohibitions issued in anger, implying that spiritual authority and power must be guided by self-control; wrath distorts judgment and can turn guidance into harsh restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Lomāśa addresses a king and summarizes that a certain great sage both performed some deeds and, when anger arose, forbade some others—setting up a moral frame for the surrounding story about conduct, restraint, and the consequences of krodha.