Shloka 25

Aśmagīta: Janaka’s Inquiry on Loss, Kāla, and the Limits of Control (अश्मगीता)

Devanagari script

व्याधिरग्निर्जलं शस्त्र बुभुक्षाश्नापदो विषम्‌ ज्वरश्ष मरणं जन्तोरुच्चाच्च पतनं तथा

Transliteration

vyādhir agnir jalaṁ śastraṁ bubhukṣā śvāpado viṣam | jvaraś ca maraṇaṁ jantor uccāc ca patanaṁ tathā ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Janaka: “Sa isang nilalang, ang panganib ay dumarating mula sa maraming panig—sakit, apoy, tubig, sandata, gutom, mababangis na hayop, lason, lagnat, at ang kamatayan mismo; gayundin ang panganib ng pagkahulog mula sa mataas na lugar. Yamang ang buhay ay laging nakalantad sa gayong mga banta, huwag malasing sa pakiramdam ng katiwasayan o ipagpaliban ang nararapat; mamuhay nang may pagbabantay, pagpipigil, at kahandaang tumindig para sa dharma.”

Word by Word

• व्याधिः: disease
• व्याधिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अग्निः: fire
• अग्निः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• शस्त्रम्: weapon
• शस्त्रम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• बुभुक्षा: hunger
• बुभुक्षा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुभुक्षा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अश्नापदः: a carnivorous animal; predator
• अश्नापदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्नापद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विषम्: poison
• विषम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• ज्वरः: fever
• ज्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• मरणम्: death
• मरणम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• जन्तोः: of a creature / of a living being
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• उच्चात्: from a height
• उच्चात्: Apadana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उच्च

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

• पतनम्: falling; a fall
• पतनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पतन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• fire
• water
• weapons
• wild beasts
• poison
• death
• height (uccāt)