Shloka 19

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

Devanagari script

विज्ञातमेवं भवतु करिष्ये प्रियमात्मन: । गत्वा55श्रमपदाद्‌ दूरमुटजं कृतवांस्तु सः

Transliteration

vijñātam evaṁ bhavatu kariṣye priyam ātmanaḥ | gatvā āśramapadād dūram uṭajaṁ kṛtavāṁs tu saḥ ||

Translation

“Kung gayon, ganoon na nga; naunawaan ko. Gagawin ko ang nakalulugod sa aking sarili.” Sa gayong pasya, lumayo siya sa pook ng āśrama at nagtayo para sa sarili ng isang kubong yari sa mga dahon.

Word by Word

• विज्ञातम्: understood/known
• Type: Verb
• Root: विज्ञा (धातु) → विज्ञात (कृदन्त)
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• एवम्: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• भवतु: let it be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: imperative, 3rd, singular

• करिष्ये: I will do
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: simple future, 1st, singular

• प्रियम्: what is dear/pleasing
• प्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आत्मनः: of myself
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, genitive, singular

• गत्वा: having gone
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: absolutive (ktvā)

• आश्रमपदात्: from the hermitage-site
• आश्रमपदात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• दूरम्: far away
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)

• उटजम्: a hut
• उटजम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उटज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• कृतवान्: did/made (having done)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृतवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma (speaker)
• āśramapada (hermitage-site)
• uṭaja (hut/leaf-cottage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds the ethical tension between personal inclination (priyam ātmanaḥ) and the discipline expected within an āśrama; choosing what merely pleases oneself can lead one to step outside the intended order and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

A man, having decided to act according to his own preference, leaves the established hermitage area and constructs a separate hut at a distance, signaling a deliberate withdrawal from the prior setting and its norms.