Shloka 24

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

स च घोरतमो धीमान्‌ गुरुमें पापचेतसम्‌ । दृष्टवा त्वां निर्दहेदद्य क्रोधदीप्तेन चक्षुषा

Transliteration

sa ca ghoratamo dhīmān gurur me pāpacetasam | dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ nirdahen adya krodha-dīptena cakṣuṣā ||

Translation

विपुल उवाच—स च घोरतमो धीमान् गुरुमे पापचेतसम्। दृष्ट्वा त्वां निर्दहेदद्य क्रोधदीप्तेन चक्षुषा॥

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• घोरतमः: most terrible
• घोरतमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोरतम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Superlative

• धीमान्: wise, intelligent
• धीमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धीमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुः: teacher, preceptor
• गुरुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• पापचेतसम्: one of sinful mind
• पापचेतसम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापचेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (क्त्वा), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• निर्दहेत्: would burn up / should burn
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्दह्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (Optative), Non-past (modal), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• क्रोधदीप्तेन: inflamed with anger
• क्रोधदीप्तेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोधदीप्त
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चक्षुषा: with (his) eye/gaze
• चक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

विपुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vipula
• guru (Vipula's teacher)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores moral causality and restraint: wrongdoing (pāpa-cetas) invites swift consequences, and the power of a guru/ascetic is portrayed as formidable—yet anger itself is shown as a dangerous force that can destroy.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula warns an evil-intentioned person that his wise and fearsome teacher, upon seeing them, will immediately incinerate them with a wrathful, blazing gaze—highlighting the imminent peril of confronting a powerful guru.