Shloka 17

अध्याय १५२: लोभः पापस्य मूलम् — Greed as the Root of Wrongdoing

Devanagari script

न भयाजन्न च कार्पण्यान्न लोभात्‌ त्वामुपाह्नये । तां मे दैवीं गिरं सत्यां शृणु त्वं ब्राह्मणै:ः सह,राजन! मैं भयसे, दीनतासे और लोभसे भी तुम्हें अपने पास नहीं बुलाता हूँ। तुम इन ब्राह्मणोंके सहित दैवीवाणीके समान मेरी यह सच्ची बात कान खोलकर सुन लो

Transliteration

na bhayāj na ca kārpaṇyān na lobhāt tvām upāhvaye | tāṁ me daivīṁ giraṁ satyāṁ śṛṇu tvaṁ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha, rājan |

Translation

О царь! Я не зову тебя из страха, не из униженности и не из жадности. Вместе с этими брахманами выслушай внимательно мои правдивые слова — слова, столь же торжественные и властные, как божественное изречение.

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• bhayāt: from fear / out of fear
• bhayāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• na: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• cārpaṇyāt: from wretchedness / from meanness
• cārpaṇyāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārpaṇya
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• na: nor
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• lobhāt: from greed / out of greed
• lobhāt: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha
• Form: masculine, ablative, singular

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad
• Form: accusative, singular

• upāhvaye: I call / I summon
• upāhvaye: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: upāhve (upa-√hve/√hvā)
• Form: present indicative, 1st, singular, active

• tām: that (f.)
• tām: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tad
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• me: my / of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: asmad
• Form: genitive, singular

• daivīm: divine
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daivī
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• giram: speech / utterance
• giram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: gir
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• satyām: true
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satya
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• śṛṇu: hear / listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru
• Form: imperative, 2nd, singular, active

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: tvad
• Form: nominative, singular

• brāhmaṇaiḥ: with the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇaiḥ: Sahakāraka
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa
• Form: masculine, instrumental, plural

• saha: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• rājan (the king, unnamed in this verse)
• brāhmaṇāḥ (Brahmins)