Shloka 38

Treasury Security, Protection of Informants, and the Kalakavṛkṣīya Exemplum (Śānti Parva 83)

Devanagari script

छट्मयकामैरकामस्य गमितो यमसादनम्‌ । दृष्ट होतन्मया राजंस्तपोदीर्घेन चक्षुषा

Transliteration

chaṭmayakāmair akāmasya gamito yamasādanam | dṛṣṭa etan mayā rājan tapodīrghena cakṣuṣā ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“大王，那些被卑鄙琐碎的欲念所驱使的人，竟将一位本无所欲之人引向阎摩之所（死亡之境）。大王，我以久修苦行所得的远见，亲见此事。”

Word by Word

• षट्मयकान्: sixfold-made (i.e., of six kinds)
• षट्मयकान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट्मयक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अकामैः: by undesired ones / by those without desire
• अकामैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकाम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• अकामस्य: of one who is without desire / of the unwilling
• अकामस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अकाम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गमितः: was caused to go / was led
• गमितः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: णिच् + क्त (causative past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यमसादनम्: the abode of Yama (death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमसादन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्टः: was seen
• दृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हतम्: slain
• हतम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तपःदीर्घेन: with (a vision) long through austerity
• तपःदीर्घेन: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तपःदीर्घ
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• चक्षुषा: with the eye / with vision
• चक्षुषा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rājan (the King, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira in context)
• Yama
• Yamasādana (abode of Yama)