Shloka 35

अविद्या-पञ्चक, नवसर्ग-क्रमः, प्रजापति-प्रसवः

Vibhaga 1, Adhyaya 5

Devanagari script

कामो दर्पो ऽथ नियमः संतोषो लोभ एव च श्रुतस्तु दण्डः समयो बोधश्चैव महाद्युतिः

Transliteration

kāmo darpo 'tha niyamaḥ saṃtoṣo lobha eva ca śrutastu daṇḍaḥ samayo bodhaścaiva mahādyutiḥ

Translation

कामो दर्पोऽथ नियमः सन्तोषो लोभ एव च। श्रुतस्तु दण्डः समयो बोधश्चैव महाद्युतिः॥

Word by Word

• कामः: desire

• दर्पः: pride/arrogance

• अथ: then/and

• नियमः: restraint/observance

• संतोषः: contentment

• लोभः: greed

• एव: indeed/also

• च: and

• श्रुतः: śruti, sacred revelation

• तु: but/indeed

• दण्डः: punishment/rod of discipline (daṇḍa)

• समयः: convention/right order/appointed rule

• बोधः: awakening/knowledge

• च एव: and indeed

• महाद्युतिः: the Great Splendour (a divine epithet)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)