Shloka 27

कालनियमः शोकशमनं च

Kāla as Regulator; Pacification of Grief

Devanagari script

तस्माद्‌ बुद्धान्ति पुरुषा न हि तत्‌ कस्यचिद्‌ ध्रुवम्‌ | श्रद्धधानस्ततो लोको दद्याच्चैव यजेत च

Transliteration

tasmād buddhānti puruṣā na hi tat kasyacid dhruvam | śraddadhānas tato loko dadyāc caiva yajeta ca ||

Translation

Потому мудрые понимают: богатство никогда не пребывает навечно у одного человека. Посему исполненный веры должен раздавать это богатство как дар и употреблять его также на жертвоприношение — обращая преходящее имущество в непреходящую заслугу и благо других.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• बुद्धिमन्ति: intelligent/wise
• बुद्धिमन्ति: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमन्त्
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पुरुषाः: men/persons
• पुरुषाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

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

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तत्: that (wealth/thing)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• ध्रुवम्: fixed/permanent
• ध्रुवम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ध्रुव
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• श्रद्धधानः: having faith
• श्रद्धधानः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धधान
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ततः: therefore/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• लोकः: person/people (the world)
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• दद्यात्: should give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: optative (vidhi-lin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

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

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• यजेत: should sacrifice/perform worship
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज्
• Form: optative (vidhi-lin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wealth is unstable and does not stay permanently with any individual; therefore one should, with faith, convert transient riches into lasting dharmic value through charity (dāna) and sacrificial/ritual offering (yajña).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana continues a didactic passage in Śānti Parva, presenting a moral reflection: recognizing the impermanence of possessions, people are urged to practice generosity and sacrificial giving as a proper social and spiritual use of wealth.