Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तेन सम तपसो लोभात्‌ कृच्छुमापादिता वयम्‌ । न तस्य भार्या पुत्रो वा बान्धवो वास्ति कश्चन,उसने तपस्याके लोभसे हमें संकटमें डाल दिया है। उसके न पत्नी है, न पुत्र और न कोई भाई-बन्धु ही है

Transliteration

tena sama tapaso lobhāt kṛcchram āpāditā vayam | na tasya bhāryā putro vā bāndhavo vāsti kaścana ||

Translation

由于他贪求苦行之力，便将我们逼入困厄。他既无妻，亦无子，更无一位亲族——没有任何牵系能约束他，使他顾念自身行为的后果。

Word by Word

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सम्: completely, altogether
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्

• तपसः: from austerity/penance
• तपसः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• लोभात्: from greed
• लोभात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• कृच्छुम्: hardship, distress
• कृच्छुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• आपादिता: has been brought/caused
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपादय्
• Form: Passive, Perfect participle (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Nominative, Plural

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

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• बान्धवः: kinsman, relative
• बान्धवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• अस्ति: is/exists
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कश्चन: anyone (at all)
• कश्चन: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: कश्चन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

तक्षक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• an unnamed ascetic (tapasvī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Austerity (tapas) becomes ethically dangerous when driven by greed; lacking family and social bonds can remove ordinary restraints, increasing the risk of harmful, unchecked action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Takṣaka complains that an ascetic, motivated by greed for the fruits of tapas, has put them in peril, and notes that the ascetic has no wife, son, or relatives—implying he is harder to deter or negotiate with.