Shloka 27

Śama-prāptiḥ — Gautamī–Lubdhaka–Pannaga–Mṛtyu–Kāla-saṃvāda

Restraint through the Analysis of Karma and Time

Devanagari script

न ब्राह्मणानां कोपो$स्ति कुत: कोपाच्च यातनाम्‌ | मार्दवात्‌ क्षम्यतां साथो मुच्यतामेष पन्नग:

Transliteration

na brāhmaṇānāṁ kopo 'sti kutaḥ kopāc ca yātanām | mārdavāt kṣamyatāṁ sātho mucyatām eṣa pannagaḥ ||

Translation

Người thợ săn nói: “Bà-la-môn không nghiêng về sân giận; đã không có sân, sao lại có thể vì phẫn nộ mà gây khổ cho kẻ khác? Vậy, hỡi bậc hiền thiện, hãy nương nơi lòng nhu hòa—tha thứ lỗi lầm của con rắn này và thả nó đi.”

Word by Word

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

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• कोपः: anger
• कोपः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुतः: whence/how then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः

• कोपात्: from anger; out of anger
• कोपात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• यातनाम्: torment/pain
• यातनाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यातना
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• मार्दवात्: from/through gentleness
• मार्दवात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्दव
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• क्षम्यताम्: let (it) be forgiven
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षम्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• साधो: O good man
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मुच्यताम्: let (him/it) be released
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• एषः: this
• एषः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पन्नगः: snake
• पन्नगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

लुब्धक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• लुब्धक (hunter)
• ब्राह्मण (Brahmins)
• पन्नग (serpent)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds kṣamā (forgiveness) and mārdava (gentleness) as marks of righteous conduct, especially associated with Brahminical ideals of self-restraint: one should not punish out of anger, but incline toward mercy and release.

What is happening in the narrative?

The hunter addresses a virtuous person (sādhu), arguing that a Brahmin is not characterized by anger and therefore should not cause pain in retaliation; he urges the listener to forgive the serpent’s wrongdoing and free it.