Shloka 15

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

धौग्य उवाच भिन्नभाण्डं च खट्वां च कुक्कुटं शुनकं॑ तथा । अप्रशस्तानि सर्वाणि यश्न वृक्षो गृहेरुह:

Transliteration

Dhaumya uvāca: bhinnabhāṇḍaṃ ca khaṭvāṃ ca kukkuṭaṃ śunakaṃ tathā | apraśastāni sarvāṇi yaś ca vṛkṣo gṛheruhaḥ ||

Translation

Dhaumya nói: “Đồ đựng bị vỡ, giường bị gãy, gà trống và chó—cũng như bất cứ cây nào mọc lên ngay trong khuôn viên nhà—đều bị xem là điềm xấu. Trong một gia thất nề nếp, người ta theo lệ xưa tránh những điều ấy, vì cho rằng chúng làm rối loạn hòa khí và phép tắc trong nhà.”

Word by Word

• धौम्यः: Dhaumya (the sage)
• धौम्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धौम्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भिन्नभाण्डम्: a broken vessel
• भिन्नभाण्डम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिन्नभाण्ड
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

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

• खट्वाम्: a bed/cot
• खट्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: खट्वा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• कुक्कुटम्: a rooster/cock
• कुक्कुटम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुक्कुट
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• शुनकम्: a dog
• शुनकम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुनक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तथा: likewise/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• अप्रशस्तानि: inauspicious, not commendable
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रशस्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• सर्वाणि: all (of them)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• वृक्षः: a tree
• वृक्षः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• रुहः: growing (sprouting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

धौग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Dhaumya
• broken vessel (bhinnabhāṇḍa)
• broken cot (khaṭvā)
• rooster (kukkuṭa)
• dog (śunaka)
• house-grown tree (gṛheruha vṛkṣa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights gṛhastha-ācāra: maintaining a household free from objects and conditions traditionally deemed apraśasta (not commendable/inauspicious). The emphasis is on order, cleanliness, and culturally recognized signs that are believed to affect domestic well-being and harmony.

What is happening in the narrative?

Dhaumya is instructing about household propriety by listing items considered undesirable within a home—broken utensils and furniture, certain animals kept within, and trees growing inside the dwelling—framing them as signs to be avoided in a disciplined domestic life.