Shloka 31
नारद–असित (देवल) संवादः — भूतप्रभवाप्यय, इन्द्रिय-गुण-विवेक, क्षेत्रज्ञ-तत्त्व
Devanagari script
न हिनस्ति नारभते नाभिद्रह्म॒ति किंचन । यज्ञो यष्टव्य इत्येव यो यजत्यफलेप्सया
Transliteration
na hinasti nārabhate nābhidrahmati kiñcana | yajño yaṣṭavya ityeva yo yajaty aphalepṣayā ||
Translation
迦毗罗说：若有人行祭，只因“祭祀当行”而行之，不求任何果报，则不作暴害，不怀怨憎于人，甚至不以我慢之自我张扬而发动诸业。如此以义务而无欲所行之祭，便成为伦理的修持，而非伤害与骄矜之具。
Word by Word
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
हिनस्तिharms
हिनस्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootहिंस्
FormLat (present indicative), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
नnor
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
आरभतेundertakes/begins
आरभते:
TypeVerb
Rootरभ्
FormLat (present indicative), 3, singular, Atmanepada
नnor
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अभिद्रुह्यतिbears malice/acts treacherously (towards)
अभिद्रुह्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootद्रुह्
FormLat (present indicative), 3, singular, Parasmaipada, अभि
किंचनanything/anyone (at all)
किंचन:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिंचन
Formneuter, accusative, singular
यज्ञःsacrifice; yajña
यज्ञः:
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
यष्टव्यःto be performed (to be sacrificed)
यष्टव्यः:
TypeAdjective
Rootयज्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular, gerundive (tavya)
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
यजतिperforms sacrifice
यजति:
TypeVerb
Rootयज्
FormLat (present indicative), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
अफलin/with respect to non-fruit (no result)
अफल:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअफल
Formneuter, locative, singular
ईप्सयाwith desire/with longing
ईप्सया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootईप्सा
Formfeminine, instrumental, singular
Speaker
कपिल उवाच
Characters & Entities
K
KapilaY
Yajña (sacrifice)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Perform obligatory acts (like yajña) without desire for personal gain. When action is grounded in duty rather than reward or ego, it avoids violence, hostility, and pride-driven initiative.
In the Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Kapila is explaining how desireless performance of prescribed duty transforms ritual action into a non-harming, non-hostile ethical practice.