Shloka 21

Devanagari script

न चैतन्न: प्रियं तात यदिदं कर्तुमिच्छसि । नियच्छेदं मन: पापात्‌ सर्वलोकपराभवात्‌,वत्स! तुम जो यह (सब) करना चाहते हो, वह भी हमें प्रिय नहीं है। सम्पूर्ण लोकोंका पराभव बहुत बड़ा पाप है, अतः उधरसे मनको रोको

Transliteration

na caitannaḥ priyaṃ tāta yad idaṃ kartum icchasi | niyacchedam manaḥ pāpāt sarvalokaparābhavāt ||

Translation

Васиштха сказал: «Дитя моё, то, что ты желаешь совершить, нам не по сердцу. Удержи свой ум от этого греховного пути, ибо он повлечёт гибель всех миров».

Word by Word

नnot

चand

एतत्this

नःof us / our

प्रियम्dear, pleasing

तातdear son / dear one (address)

यत्which

इदम्this

कर्तुम्to do

इच्छसिyou desire / you wish

नियच्छrestrain, check

इदम्this

मनःmind

पापात्from sin / from evil

सर्वलोकपराभवात्from the ruin/defeat of all worlds

वत्सdear child (address)

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vasiṣṭha

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Vasiṣṭha teaches self-restraint: one should check the mind from sinful impulses, especially when an intended act would cause widespread harm. Ethical judgment is framed in terms of consequences for the whole world (sarva-loka) and the avoidance of pāpa.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha addresses a younger person affectionately (“tāta”) and dissuades him from carrying out a plan that Vasiṣṭha considers unacceptable. The warning emphasizes that the proposed action would lead to the downfall of all worlds, so the listener must restrain his mind and abandon the course.