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Shloka 10

Dāna-Śreṣṭhatā: On the Superiority of Giving

Maitreya–Vyāsa Exemplum

कीट उवाच शकटस्यास्य महतो घोष॑ं श्रुत्वा भयं मम । आगतं वै महाबुद्धे वन एष हि दारुण:

kīṭa uvāca: śakaṭasyāsya mahato ghoṣaṁ śrutvā bhayaṁ mama | āgataṁ vai mahābuddhe vane eṣa hi dāruṇaḥ ||

แมลงกล่าวว่า “โอ้ท่านผู้มีปัญญายิ่งนัก เมื่อได้ยินเสียงครืนครั่นของเกวียนใหญ่คันนี้ ความกลัวก็เข้าครอบงำข้า สิ่งที่เข้ามาในป่านี้ช่างน่าหวาดหวั่นยิ่งนัก”

कीटःthe insect
कीटः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकीट
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular
शकटस्यof the cart
शकटस्य:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootशकट
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
अस्यof this
अस्य:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
महतःgreat
महतः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
घोषम्noise, sound
घोषम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootघोष
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormAbsolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)
भयम्fear
भयम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभय
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
ममof me, my
मम:
Sambandha
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
आगतम्has come, has arisen
आगतम्:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
FormPast Passive Participle (PPP), Neuter, Nominative, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
महाबुद्धेO great-minded one
महाबुद्धे:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun (vocative epithet)
Rootमहाबुद्धि
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
हिfor, indeed
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
दारुणःterrible, dreadful
दारुणः:
Visheshana
TypeAdjective
Rootदारुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

कीट उवाच

कीट (Kīṭa, the insect)
शकट (Śakaṭa, cart/wagon)
वन (Vana, forest)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights how fear arises from perception and sound—especially for the small and vulnerable—and invites ethical reflection on compassion toward weaker beings who experience great terror from the movements of the powerful.

An insect speaks to a wise interlocutor, saying that the loud noise of a large cart has frightened it, and that something dreadful has entered the forest—setting a tone of alarm and vulnerability within the episode.