Shloka 12
Devanagari script
कर्तव्यो न च संतापो गम्यतां च यथागतम् । तन्निमित्तमिदं सर्व नैतद् भेत्तुमिहाहथ
Transliteration
kartavyo na ca santāpo gamyatāṃ ca yathāgatam | tannimittam idaṃ sarvaṃ naitad bhettum ihārhatha ||
Translation
“不必悲伤；当行之事自当去行，你们也当如来时一般回去。我这一切戒行与修持，正是为此一事——得见那伽王。故而你们不可在此破坏或扰乱它。”
Word by Word
कर्तव्यःto be done / should be done
कर्तव्यः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकर्तव्य (कृ + तव्यत्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
संतापःgrief / distress
संतापः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंताप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
गम्यताम्let (one) go / one should go
गम्यताम्:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormImperative (loṭ), Third, Singular, Passive (karmaṇi)
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यथाas / just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
आगतम्come / arrived
आगतम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootआगत (आ + गम् + क्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तत्that
तत्:
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
निमित्तम्cause / purpose
निमित्तम्:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनिमित्त
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
सर्वम्all / entire
सर्वम्:
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
एतत्this (thing)
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
भेत्तुम्to break / to violate
भेत्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootभिद्
FormInfinitive (tumun)
इहhere
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
अहथdo (it) / (you) should (do); here: (you) should not break
अहथ:
TypeVerb
Rootहन्
FormImperative (loṭ), Second, Plural, Parasmaipada
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (a Brahmin speaker)न
नागराज (Nāga-king)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Do not indulge in needless distress; fulfill one’s proper duty and avoid obstructing another person’s dharmic observance. Respect for vows (vrata) and disciplined purpose is presented as an ethical obligation.
A Brahmin addresses others who have come to him, telling them not to grieve and to return as they arrived. He explains that his entire regimen of vows and rules is aimed at obtaining the sight of the Nāga-king, and he asks them not to disrupt that observance.