Shloka 61

Dama-pradhāna-dharma (Self-restraint as the Root of Dharma) — Śānti-parva 154

Devanagari script

चक्षुर््या न च कर्णाभ्यां संशृूणोति समीक्षते । कस्मादेनं समुत्सूज्य न गृहान्‌ गच्छताशु वै

Transliteration

cakṣurbhyāṁ na ca karṇābhyāṁ saṁśṛṇoti samīkṣate | kasmād enaṁ samutsṛjya na gṛhān gacchatāśu vai ||

Translation

Джамбука сказал: «Он не видит глазами и не слышит ушами. Почему же вы не оставите его и не поспешите домой?»

Word by Word

• चक्षुषा: with the eye
• चक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कर्णाभ्याम्: with (both) ears
• कर्णाभ्याम्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Dual

• संशृणोति: hears
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• समीक्षते: sees/looks at
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• कस्मात्: why/from what reason
• कस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• एनम्: him/this one
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद् (एन्-)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुत्सृज्य: having abandoned/left
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उत्-√सृज्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), Active

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• गृहान्: to the houses/home
• गृहान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• गच्छत: go (you all)!
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Plural, Parasmaipada

• आशु: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु

• वै: indeed/surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

Speaker

जम्बुक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Jambuka
• a (blind and deaf) person referred to as 'enam' (him)
• homes (gṛhān)