Shloka 10

Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)

Devanagari script

ता: कामलुब्धा: प्रमदा: प्रबाधनते नरान्‌ सदा । क्रोधं कामस्य देवेश: सहायं चासृजत्‌ प्रभु:

Transliteration

tāḥ kāmalubdhāḥ pramadāḥ prabādhanate narān sadā | krodhaṁ kāmasya deveśaḥ sahāyaṁ cāsṛjat prabhuḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“那些女子贪恋欲乐，常常扰乱男子，使其心神不宁。而诸神之主——至高的统御者——又造出‘忿怒’，使之成为欲望的同盟。”

Word by Word

• ताः: those (women)
• ताः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• कामलुब्धाः: greedy for desire (lust-driven)
• कामलुब्धाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामलुब्ध
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रमदाः: women
• प्रमदाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रमदा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रबाधन्ते: harass, oppress
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + बाध्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Ātmanepada

• नरान्: men
• नरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• सदा: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कामस्य: of desire (Kāma)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• देवेशः: lord of the gods
• देवेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सहायम्: a helper, ally
• सहायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• असृजत्: created, produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रभुः: the lord, the mighty one
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• deveśa (Lord of the gods, commonly Indra)
• kāma (Desire personified)
• krodha (Anger personified)
• pramadāḥ (women)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Unchecked desire (kāma) destabilizes the mind and social conduct, and anger (krodha) commonly arises as its accomplice; therefore restraint and discernment are essential for dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s didactic discourse in the Anuśāsana Parva, he explains how desire operates in human life and how it is reinforced by anger, warning about the moral and psychological consequences.