Shloka 40

Kṣemadarśa–Kālakavṛkṣīya Saṃvāda: Counsel on Impermanence, Non-attachment, and Composure in Dispossession

Devanagari script

कृच्छाल्लब्धमभिप्रेतं यदि कौसल्य नश्यति । तदा निर्विद्यते सो<्र्थात्‌ परिभग्नक्रमो नर:

Transliteration

kṛcchāl labdham abhipretaṃ yadi kausaly naśyati | tadā nirvidyate so 'rthāt paribhagnakramo naraḥ || (anityāṃ tāṃ śriyaṃ matvā śriyaṃ vā kaḥ parīpsati |)

Translation

Wika ni Bhishma: O hari ng Kośala, kung ang minimithing yaman na nakamtan sa matinding hirap ay mawala, mapuputol ang landas ng pagsisikap ng tao; siya’y madidismaya at tatalikod sa yaman. Kung nakikitang panandalian ang kasaganaan, sino pa ang magnanais na habulin ito bilang sukdulang layon?

Word by Word

• कृच्छात्: from hardship; with great difficulty
• कृच्छात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• लब्धम्: obtained
• लब्धम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लभ्
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• अभिप्रेतम्: desired; intended
• अभिप्रेतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-प्र-इ
• Form: क्त, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• कौसल्य: O Kausalya (king of Kosala)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौसल्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नश्यति: perishes; is lost
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• निर्विद्यते: becomes disenchanted; feels disgust
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद्
• Form: Present, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अर्थात्: from wealth; from the object (of desire)
• अर्थात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• परिभग्न-क्रमः: whose sequence of efforts is broken
• परिभग्न-क्रमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परिभग्नक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनित्याम्: impermanent
• अनित्याम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनित्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ताम्: that
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रियम्: fortune; prosperity; wealth
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मत्वा: having considered; thinking
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्
• Form: क्त्वा

• श्रियम्: fortune; prosperity
• श्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• वा: or; indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• कः: who?
• कः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परीप्सति: would desire to obtain; seeks
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-आप्
• Form: Present, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kośala (kingdom)
• Kośala-king (addressed as Kausalya)