Shloka 61

Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)

Devanagari script

वधबन्धभयादेते मोक्षतन्त्रमुपाश्रिता: । जनीमरण-जं दुःखं प्राहुरवेंदविदो जना:

Transliteration

vadhabandhabhayād ete mokṣatantram upāśritāḥ | janī-maraṇa-jaṁ duḥkhaṁ prāhur avedavido janāḥ ||

Translation

Брахмадатта сказал: «Именно из страха быть убитыми и связанными эти люди прибегают к учению об освобождении. Ибо истинные знатоки Веды утверждают, что страдание, рождаемое бесконечными рождениями и смертями, невыносимо.»

Word by Word

• वध: from killing
• वध: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• बन्ध: from bondage
• बन्ध: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• एते: these (people)
• एते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मोक्षतन्त्रम्: the doctrine/treatise of liberation
• मोक्षतन्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षतन्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• उपाश्रिताः: having resorted to / taking refuge in
• उपाश्रिताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-श्रि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, kta (past passive participle)

• जनीमरणजम्: arising from birth and death
• जनीमरणजम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जनीमरणज
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दुःखम्: sorrow, suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्राहुः: they say / have said
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आह्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• अवेन्दविदः: knowers of the Veda (learned men)
• अवेन्दविदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवेन्दविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• जनाः: people
• जनाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmadatta
• Veda (as authoritative tradition)
• mokṣa-tantra (teaching/system of liberation)