Shloka 185

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

दक्ष दक्ष न कर्तव्यो मन्युर्विघ्नमिमं प्रति । अहं यज्ञहरस्तुभ्यं दृष्टमेतत्‌ पुरातनम्‌

Translation

“Dakṣa, Dakṣa! Huwag mong hayaang manaig ang poot dahil sa hadlang na dumating sa paghahandog na ito. Ako ang sumira sa iyong yajña—ito’y isang pangyayaring nakita na mula pa noong unang panahon.”

Word by Word

• दक्ष: O Daksha
• दक्ष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दक्ष: O Daksha
• दक्ष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• कर्तव्यः: to be done / to be made (i.e., should be)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्युः: anger, resentment
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विघ्नम्: obstacle, disruption
• विघ्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards; with regard to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञहरः: destroyer of the sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञहर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• दृष्टम्: seen; known; experienced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुरातनम्: ancient; of old
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच