Shloka 6

Brahmacārin-Dharma: Guru-Sevā, Daily Vedic Study, Gāyatrī-Japa, and Anadhyāya Regulations

Devanagari script

गुरोर्यत्र परीवादो निन्दा चापि प्रवर्तते / कर्णैं तत्र पिधातव्यौ गन्तव्यं वा ततो ऽन्यतः

Transliteration

guroryatra parīvādo nindā cāpi pravartate / karṇaiṃ tatra pidhātavyau gantavyaṃ vā tato 'nyataḥ

Translation

جہاں گرو کے خلاف بہتان اور نِندا پھیلنے لگے، وہاں کان بند کر لے؛ یا پھر وہاں سے ہٹ کر کسی اور جگہ چلا جائے۔

Word by Word

• guroḥ: of the guru
• guroḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• parīvādaḥ: slander
• parīvādaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parīvāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• nindā: blame/abuse
• nindā: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nindā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्यय (also/even)

• pravartate: goes on/occurs
• pravartate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vṛt (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• karṇau: (one's) two ears
• karṇau: Karma (कर्म/Direct object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), द्विवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• pidhātavyau: should be closed/covered
• pidhātavyau: Kriyā (क्रिया/Obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pi-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्), कर्मणि/विधेय (gerundive: should be closed), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन; ‘करṇau’ इत्यस्य विधेय-विशेषणम्

• gantavyam: one should go
• gantavyam: Kriyā (क्रिया/Obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोगः—‘गन्तव्यम्’ (one should go)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• tataḥ: from there
• tataḥ: Apādāna (अपादान/Source)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादानार्थक-अव्यय (from there/thereupon)

• anyataḥ: elsewhere
• anyataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatas (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशावाचक-अव्यय (elsewhere/to another place)

Speaker

Lord Kurma (Vishnu) instructing on dharma and disciplined conduct

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Guru

More Details (3 sections)

FAQs

How does this verse explain the nature of the Supreme Self (Atman)?

Indirectly: it protects the conditions for right knowledge (śravaṇa and śraddhā) by preventing the mind from being disturbed by guru-nindā, which obstructs the transmission of liberating insight.

What Yoga or Meditative practices are highlighted here?

It emphasizes ethical restraint over speech-hearing (a yama-like discipline): guarding the senses (indriya-saṃyama) by refusing to listen to corrosive talk, which supports steadiness needed for mantra, meditation, and Pāśupata-oriented sādhana.

How does this verse depict the relationship between Shiva and Vishnu?

By upholding guru-reverence as a shared dharmic foundation across Shaiva and Vaishnava paths: devotion and disciplined conduct are presented as universal prerequisites for realizing the one Supreme, approached through different traditions.