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Shloka 102

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

लोमशको अपना काम बनानेकी जल्दी लगी हुई थी; अतः वह भलीभाँति विनयपूर्ण बर्ताव करता हुआ विलम्ब करनेवाले चूहेसे इस प्रकार कहने लगा-- ।।

na hovaṁ mitrakāryāṇi prītyā kurvanti sādhavaḥ | yathā tvāṁ mokṣitaḥ kṛcchrāt tvaramāṇena vai mayā ||

సజ్జనులు మిత్రకార్యాన్ని ప్రేమతో, ఆనందంతోనే చేస్తారు; ఇలా నిర్లక్ష్యంగా కాదు. నేను తొందరపడి నిన్ను కష్టస్థితి నుంచి వెంటనే విడిపించాను; మిత్రకార్యంలో సమయం వచ్చినప్పుడు ఆలస్యం తగదు.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
होवन्O friend (address)
होवन्:
TypeNoun
Rootहोवन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
मित्रकार्याणिfriends' tasks / services to friends
मित्रकार्याणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमित्रकार्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Plural
प्रीत्याwith affection
प्रीत्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रीति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
कुर्वन्तिdo / perform
कुर्वन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
साधवःgood men / the virtuous
साधवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसाधु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
यथाas / just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootत्वद्
FormAccusative, Singular
मोक्षितःreleased / freed
मोक्षितः:
TypeVerb
Rootमोक्षित
FormPast passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
कृच्छात्from distress / difficulty
कृच्छात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्र
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
त्वरमाणेनby (me) hurrying / hastening
त्वरमाणेन:
Karana
TypeVerb
Rootत्वरमाण
FormPresent active participle, Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
मयाby me
मया:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormInstrumental, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
L
Lomaśa (as referenced in the prose context)
M
mouse/rat (as referenced in the prose context)
F
friend (mitra)

Educational Q&A

A friend’s duty should be done promptly and with genuine goodwill; virtue is shown not merely by doing the act, but by doing it gladly, without delay, and in a spirit of affectionate reciprocity.

The speaker contrasts proper conduct with procrastination: having quickly freed the other from danger, he rebukes the one who is delaying and urges him to act for a friend with the same urgency and warmth.