Shloka 35

अध्याय २९७ — श्रेयः, धृति, दान-नियमाः

Welfare, Steadfastness, and Norms of Giving

Devanagari script

यस्तु प्रीतिपुरोगेन चक्षुषा तात पश्यति । दीपोपमानि भूतानि यावदर्थान्न पश्यति

Transliteration

yastu prītipurogena cakṣuṣā tāta paśyati | dīpopamāni bhūtāni yāvadarthān na paśyati ||

Translation

Parāśara nói: “Nhưng người nào nhìn bằng con mắt được dẫn dắt bởi ái luyến, này con yêu, thì thấy muôn loài như những ngọn đèn—rực sáng và quyến rũ—song lại không thấy được mục đích và thực tướng của chúng đúng như thật.”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• प्रीति-पुरोगेन: with (a vision) preceded by affection
• प्रीति-पुरोगेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीति (स्त्री) + पुरोग (विशेषण)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चक्षुषा: with the eye
• चक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (नपुंसक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तात: O dear (father/son)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (सम्बोधन-शब्द)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पश्यति: sees
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्यति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दीप-उपमानि: like lamps
• दीप-उपमानि: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप (पुं) + उपमान (नपुं)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• भूतानि: beings/creatures
• भूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (नपुंसक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• यावत्: as long as / until
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत्

• अर्थान्: realities/objects/purposes
• अर्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (पुं)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• पश्यति: sees
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (पश्यति)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

पराशर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• पराशर (Parāśara)
• दीप (lamp)
• भूतानि (beings/creatures)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Affection-biased perception distorts judgment: when one looks through the lens of attachment, one is captivated by surface brilliance (like lamps) and fails to discern the true nature, purpose, and consequences connected with beings and situations.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic discourse of Śānti Parva, Parāśara instructs his listener (addressed as “tāta”) about the pitfalls of attachment and the need for clear discernment, using the simile of beings appearing like lamps to an affection-led gaze.