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Shloka 10

अध्याय २५६ — श्रद्धा, अहिंसा, स्पर्धा-त्यागः

Tūlādhāra–Jājali: Faith, Non-harm, and Renunciation of Rivalry

उपायमन्यं सम्पश्य भूतानां हितकाम्यया । यथामी जन्तव: सर्वे न दहेरन्‌ पितामह,पितामह! आप सम्पूर्ण प्राणियोंके हितके लिये संहारका कोई दूसरा ही उपाय सोचिये, जिससे ये सारे जीव-जन्तु एक साथ ही दन्ध न हो जायँ

upāyam anyaṃ sampaśya bhūtānāṃ hitakāmyayā | yathā ime jantavaḥ sarve na dahyeran pitāmaha pitāmaha ||

نارد نے کہا—اے پِتامہ! تمام مخلوقات کی بھلائی کی خاطر ہلاکت کا کوئی اور طریقہ سوچئے، تاکہ یہ سب جاندار ایک ساتھ جل کر فنا نہ ہو جائیں۔

उपायम्means, method
उपायम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउपाय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अन्यम्another, different
अन्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सम्पश्यsee, consider, devise
सम्पश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + √पश् (पश्यति)
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
भूतानाम्of beings, of creatures
भूतानाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
हितकाम्ययाwith the desire for welfare (of them)
हितकाम्यया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootहितकाम्य
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
यथाso that, in such a way that
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
अमीthese/those (visible ones)
अमी:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअदस् (प्रातिपदिक: अमु-)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
जन्तवःcreatures, living beings
जन्तवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दहेरन्might burn / might be burnt (context: might not be consumed by fire)
दहेरन्:
TypeVerb
Root√दह् (दहति)
FormOptative, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
पितामहO Grandfather (Brahmā)
पितामह:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
पितामहO Grandfather!
पितामह:
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
P
Pitāmaha (Grandfather, typically Brahmā)
B
bhūtāni/jantavaḥ (all beings/creatures)

Educational Q&A

Even when confronting a crisis that seems to demand harsh action, one should seek an alternative method that protects life; welfare (hita) and compassion toward all beings should guide decision-making.

Nārada addresses the ‘Grandfather’ (Pitamaha), urging him to reconsider a destructive course of action and to find another expedient so that all creatures are not consumed together.