Verse 29

Yagyavalkya

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

अपकारिणि कोपश्चेत् कोपे कोपः कथं न ते । धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां प्रसह्य परिपन्थिनि ॥२९॥

Padapatha (Word Split)

अप-कारिणि । कोपः । चेत् । कोपे । कोपः । कथम् । न । ते । धर्म-अर्थ-काम-मोक्षाणाम् । प्रसह्य । परि-पन्थिनि ॥२९॥

IAST Transliteration

apakāriṇi kopaś cet kope kopaḥ kathaṃ na te | dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ prasahya paripanthini ||29||

Translation

தீங்கு செய்பவன்மீது கோபம் இருந்தால், கோபத்தின் மீதே கோபம் ஏன் வரக்கூடாது? ஏனெனில் அந்தக் கோபமே தர்மம், அர்த்தம், காமம், மோக்ஷம் ஆகியவற்றின் வழியை வலுக்கட்டாயமாகத் தடுக்கிறது.

Academic Translation

If there is anger toward one who does harm, how would there not be anger toward anger itself—(anger) which forcibly obstructs dharma, artha, kāma, and mokṣa?

Verse Context

• Krodha as doṣa; Mokṣa-pratibandha (obstruction to liberation)
• Mahavakya: Indirect: identifies krodha as a veil that sustains bheda-buddhi, opposing the realization implied by mahāvākyas; no direct quotation.
• Yajur
• Śukla (Vājasaneyin) Shakha
• Chandas: Anuṣṭubh (śloka)