Shloka 25

कृपकृपी-जननम्

The Birth of Kṛpa and Kṛpī; Kṛpa’s Attainment of Astras

Devanagari script

अक्लिष्टं फलमव्यग्रो विन्दते बुद्धिमान्‌ नर: । तस्मिन्‌ दृष्टे फले राजन्‌ प्रयत्नं कर्तुमहसि

Transliteration

akliṣṭaṃ phalam avyagro vindate buddhimān naraḥ | tasmin dṛṣṭe phale rājan prayatnaṃ kartum arhasi ||

Translation

Мудрый человек, не отвлекаясь, достигает плода, который не добывается ни страданием, ни вредным напряжением. Увидев такой плод, о царь, тебе следует приложить усердное старание.

Word by Word

• अक्लिष्टम्: untroubled, effortless
• अक्लिष्टम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्लिष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्यग्रः: undistracted, unagitated
• अव्यग्रः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यग्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विन्दते: finds, obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विन्दति)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

• बुद्धिमान्: intelligent, wise
• बुद्धिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: man, person
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्मिन्: in that, upon that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• दृष्टे: when (it is) seen; upon being seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Locative, Singular

• फले: in the result, in the fruit
• फले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• प्रयत्नम्: effort, endeavor
• प्रयत्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कर्तुम्: to do, to make
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• अर्हसि: you should, you are fit (to)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the King being addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Focused, undistracted effort guided by wisdom leads to wholesome results; recognizing the value of such outcomes, one should commit oneself to purposeful endeavor.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses the king and offers counsel: a wise person attains beneficial results through steady, unagitated focus, and therefore the king should undertake the necessary effort after recognizing the promised fruit.