Shloka 25

जनक-राज्ञः मौण्ड्य-परिव्रज्या-विवादः

Janaka’s Renunciation Questioned; Discourse on Dāna and Detachment

Devanagari script

सदैव याचमानेषु तथा दम्भान्वितेषु च । एतेषु दक्षिणा दत्ता दावाग्नाविव दुर्हुतम्‌

Transliteration

sadaiva yācamāneṣu tathā dambhānvitēṣu ca | eteṣu dakṣiṇā dattā dāvāgnāv iva durhutam ||

Translation

ทานที่มอบแก่ผู้ที่เอาแต่ยื่นมือขออยู่เนืองนิตย์ และแก่ผู้ที่เจือด้วยความเสแสร้งโอ้อวด ย่อมเป็นดุจอาหุติที่เทผิดลงในไฟป่า—ถูกเผาผลาญสิ้นไปโดยไม่บังเกิดผลแห่งธรรมดังมุ่งหมาย

Word by Word

• सदैव: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा + एव

• याचमानेषु: among those who are begging
• याचमानेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याचमान (याच् धातु, शतृ/शानच् वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दम्भ: with hypocrisy/ostentation
• दम्भ: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्भ
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• अन्वितेषु: among those endowed (with)
• अन्वितेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

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

• एतेषु: among these (people)
• एतेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Plural

• दक्षिणा: gift (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दत्ता: given
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (क्त कृदन्त: दत्त)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दावाग्नौ: in a forest-fire
• दावाग्नौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दावाग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• इव: like/as if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• दुर्हुतम्: ill-offered (oblation); wrongly sacrificed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् + हुत (हु धातु, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• अर्जुन (Arjuna)
• दक्षिणा (dakṣiṇā, sacrificial/charitable gift)
• दावाग्नि (forest fire)