Shloka 43

कण्वोपदेशः—नश्वरबलविवेकः तथा मातलिगुणकेश्याः आख्यानारम्भः

Kaṇva’s Counsel on Impermanent Power; Opening of the Mātali–Guṇakeśī Narrative

Devanagari script

एतैरविंद्धा: सर्व एव मरणं यान्ति मानवा: । कामक्रोधौ लोभमोहौ मदमानौ तथैव च

Transliteration

etair avinddhāḥ sarva eva maraṇaṁ yānti mānavāḥ | kāmakrodhau lobhamohau madamānau tathaiva ca ||

Translation

एतैरविद्धाः सर्व एव मरणं यान्ति मानवाः । कामक्रोधौ लोभमोहौ मदमानौ तथैव च ॥

Word by Word

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अविद्धाः: pierced, struck
• अविद्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + व्यध् (अविध्यति) / विद्ध (PPP)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मरणम्: death
• मरणम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यान्ति: go, reach
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (याति)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मानवाः: men, humans
• मानवाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कामक्रोधौ: desire and anger
• कामक्रोधौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम + क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• लोभमोहौ: greed and delusion
• लोभमोहौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ + मोह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• मदमानौ: intoxication/pride and conceit
• मदमानौ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद + मान
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Dual

• तथा: thus, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• mānavāḥ (human beings)