Shloka 15

Nakula’s Counsel on Yajña, Dāna, and Tyāga (नकुलोपदेशः—यज्ञदानत्यागविचारः)

Devanagari script

यदा कामान्‌ समीक्षेत धर्मवैतंसिको नर: । अथीनं मृत्युपाशेन कण्ठे बध्नाति मृत्युराट्‌,वनमें रहकर भी यदि धर्मध्वजी मनुष्य काम-भोगोंपर दृष्टिपात (उनका स्मरण) करता है तो यमराज उसके गलेमें मौतका फंदा डाल देते हैं

Transliteration

yadā kāmān samīkṣeta dharmavaitāṃsiko naraḥ | athīnaṃ mṛtyupāśena kaṇṭhe badhnāti mṛtyurāṭ ||

Translation

यदा कामान् समीक्षेत धर्मवैतंसिको नरः । अथीनं मृत्युपाशेन कण्ठे बध्नाति मृत्युराट् ॥

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• कामान्: desires / sense-objects
• कामान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• समीक्षेत: should look at / contemplate
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईक्ष्
• Form: Vidhi-linga, Optative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• धर्मवैतंसिकः: one who wears dharma as an ornament (hypocrite)
• धर्मवैतंसिकः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मवैतंसिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मृत्युपाशेन: with the noose of death
• मृत्युपाशेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्युपाश
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• कण्ठे: on the neck / at the throat
• कण्ठे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• बध्नाति: binds / fastens
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध्
• Form: Lat, Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मृत्युराट्: the king of death (Yama)
• मृत्युराट्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्युराज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

नकुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nakula
• Mṛtyu-rāṭ (Yama)
• mṛtyu-pāśa (noose of death)
• forest (vana)