Shloka 14

Devanagari script

शड्कमाना: फल यज्ञे ये यजेरन्‌ कथंचन । जायन्ते5डसाधवो धूर्ता लुब्धा वित्तप्रयोजना:,वे यज्ञोंमे अपने लिये किसी फलकी ओर दृष्टि नहीं रखते थे। जो मनुष्य यज्ञसे कोई फल मिलता है या नहीं, इस प्रकारका संदेह मनमें लेकर किसी तरह यज्ञोंमें प्रवृत्त होते हैं, वे धन चाहनेवाले लोभी, धूर्त और दुष्ट होते हैं

Transliteration

śaṅkamānāḥ phala-yajñe ye yajeran kathaṃcana | jāyante ’sādhavo dhūrtā lubdhā vitta-prayojanāḥ ||

Translation

جو لوگ یَجْن میں پھل ہے یا نہیں—اس شک کے ساتھ بھی کسی نہ کسی طرح یَجْن کے عمل میں لگتے ہیں، وہ دولت کے مقصد سے لالچی، مکار اور بدسیرت بن جاتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

शङ्कमानाःdoubting, suspecting

फलम्fruit, result

यज्ञेin the sacrifice

येwho, those who

यजेरन्would perform sacrifice / should sacrifice

कथंचनsomehow, in some way

जायन्तेare born / become

असाधवःwicked, not good

धूर्ताःrogues, cheats

लुब्धाःgreedy

वित्तप्रयोजनाःhaving wealth as the motive/aim

Speaker

चुलाधार उवाच

Characters & Entities

Chulādhāra

yajña (sacrifice/ritual)

phala (fruit/result)

vitta (wealth)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ritual action is judged by intention: performing sacrifice while doubting its value and aiming at personal gain leads to moral decline—greed, deceit, and unrighteousness—whereas purity of motive is central to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Chulādhāra’s instruction, he critiques a class of sacrificers who participate in yajña with inner skepticism and a wealth-seeking agenda, contrasting them implicitly with those who act without fixation on results.