Shloka 93

Ahiṃsā as Threefold Restraint (Mind–Speech–Action) and the Ethics of Consumption

Devanagari script

दण्डं समुद्गरं शूलमग्निकुम्भं च दारुणम्‌ । असिपत्रवनं घोरवालुकं कूटशाल्मलीम्‌

Transliteration

daṇḍaṃ samudgaraṃ śūlam agnikumbhaṃ ca dāruṇam | asipatravanaṃ ghoravālukaṃ kūṭaśālmalīm ||

Translation

มีทั้งไม้ทัณฑ์ กระบอง หอก และหม้อไฟอันน่าสยดสยอง; อีกทั้งป่าใบดาบ ทรายร้อนอันน่ากลัว และแดนต้นศาลมลีที่เต็มไปด้วยหนาม

Word by Word

• दण्डम्: staff, rod (as an instrument of punishment)
• दण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समुद्गरम्: mace, hammer
• समुद्गरम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्गर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शूलम्: spear, pike, trident-like stake
• शूलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अग्निकुम्भम्: fire-pot, pot of fire
• अग्निकुम्भम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निकुम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• दारुणम्: terrible, cruel, dreadful
• दारुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• असिपत्रवनम्: forest of sword-leaves (a hell-torment)
• असिपत्रवनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: असिपत्रवन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• घोरवालुकम्: terrible sand (a dreadful sandy tract)
• घोरवालुकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोरवालुक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कूटशाल्मलीम्: the Kūṭa-śālmalī (spiked silk-cotton tree; a hell-torment)
• कूटशाल्मलीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूटशाल्मली
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• daṇḍa
• samudgara
• śūla
• agnikumbha
• asipatravana
• ghoravāluka
• kūṭaśālmalī