Shloka 185

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

दक्ष दक्ष न कर्तव्यो मन्युर्विघ्नमिमं प्रति । अहं यज्ञहरस्तुभ्यं दृष्टमेतत्‌ पुरातनम्‌

Translation

“Dakṣa, Dakṣa! Chớ để cơn phẫn nộ nổi lên vì chướng ngại đã xảy đến trong lễ tế này. Ta là kẻ phá hoại lễ tế của ngươi—điều ấy xưa nay vốn đã từng được thấy.”

Word by Word

• दक्ष: O Daksha
• दक्ष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दक्ष: O Daksha
• दक्ष: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• कर्तव्यः: to be done / to be made (i.e., should be)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्तव्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मन्युः: anger, resentment
• मन्युः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्यु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विघ्नम्: obstacle, disruption
• विघ्नम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इमम्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रति: towards; with regard to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• यज्ञहरः: destroyer of the sacrifice
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञहर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• दृष्टम्: seen; known; experienced
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृष्ट
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• एतत्: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• पुरातनम्: ancient; of old
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

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