Shloka 12

अध्याय १५२: लोभः पापस्य मूलम् — Greed as the Root of Wrongdoing

Devanagari script

न चोपलभ्यते तेन न चाश्चर्याणि कुर्वते । निर्विण्णात्मा परोक्षो वा धिक्‌कृतः पूर्वसाधुषु

Transliteration

na copalabhyate tena na cāścaryāṇi kurvate | nirviṇṇātmā parokṣo vā dhik-kṛtaḥ pūrva-sādhuṣu ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Śaunaka: Ang sinumang nawalan ng paggalang sa mararangal na matatanda ng unang panahon, umiwas sa kanilang paningin, at paulit-ulit na sinisita nila, ay hindi nakakamit ang tunay na kaalaman; ni hindi rin siya itinuturing ng iba na karapat-dapat pagtakhan o hangaan.

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• उपलभ्यते: is obtained / is attained
• Type: Verb
• Root: उपलभ्
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Karmani (passive), Prathama, Eka

• तेन: by him / by that (person)
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Pum/Napu (contextual), Trtiya, Eka

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

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

• आश्चर्याणि: wonders / marvels
• आश्चर्याणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्चर्य
• Form: Napu, Dvitiiya, Bahu

• कुर्वते: does / performs
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Lat, Atmanepada, Prathama, Eka

• निर्विण्णात्मा: one whose mind is weary/disgusted
• निर्विण्णात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्विण्ण-आत्मन्
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• परोक्षः: out of sight / not in view
• परोक्षः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परोक्ष
• Form: Pum, Prathama, Eka

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• धिक्कृतः: reviled / censured
• धिक्कृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धिक्कृत
• Form: Kta (past passive participle), Pum, Prathama, Eka

• पूर्वसाधुषु: among the former/earlier good men (elders)
• पूर्वसाधुषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व-साधु
• Form: Pum, Saptami, Bahu

Speaker

शौनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śaunaka
• pūrva-sādhavaḥ (ancient righteous elders)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Knowledge does not arise in one who rejects and avoids the guidance of the earlier righteous elders; being censured by the wise and cut off from their example, he neither gains true understanding nor earns genuine esteem.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śaunaka states a moral observation within the Śānti-parvan’s instruction: a person who distances himself from venerable, virtuous predecessors and becomes an object of their reproach fails to attain jñāna and is not regarded by others as admirable.