Shloka 105

Adhyāya 284: Tapas as a Corrective to Household Attachment

Parāśara’s Instruction

Devanagari script

बालानुचरगोप्ताय बालक्रीडनकाय च । नमो वृद्धाय लुब्धाय क्षुब्धाय क्षोभणाय च

Transliteration

bālānucaragoptāya bālakrīḍanakāya ca | namo vṛddhāya lubdhāya kṣubdhāya kṣobhaṇāya ca ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：向你致敬——你护佑孩童及其同伴，并乐于与他们嬉戏。向你致敬——你为万有之最古者，渴求众生的虔敬与爱。恶人以罪行作乱时，你以正义之怒而震动；你使作恶者心神不宁——将他们从不义之途摇醒。向你顶礼。

Word by Word

• {'bāla': 'child

• young one', 'anucara': 'follower

• companion', 'goptṛ/goptā': 'protector

• guardian', 'bālakrīḍana': 'playing with children

• childlike sport', 'namo': 'salutation

• homage', 'vṛddha': 'elder

• venerable', 'lubdha': 'eager

• ‘greedy’ (here: longing for devotion/love)', 'kṣubdha': 'agitated

• moved (often by moral outrage)', 'kṣobhaṇa': 'one who causes agitation

• one who unsettles (here: of wrongdoers)'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• bāla (children)