Shloka 48

Dharma-vyādha’s Analysis of Moral Decline and the Mahābhūta–Guṇa Schema (धर्मव्याधोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

नीयते यमदूतैस्तु यमस्याज्ञाकरैर्बलात्‌

Transliteration

nīyate yamadūtais tu yamasya ājñākarair balāt

Translation

毗舍波耶那说：他被阎摩的使者强行押走——那些奉行死主阎摩之命者——这昭示了当审判之时来临，业行之果如何变得不可逃避、无可违逆。

Word by Word

• नीयते: is being led/taken
• नीयते: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (नयति)
• Form: Present (Lat), Passive (Karmani), 3rd, Singular

• यमदूतैः: by Yama's messengers
• यमदूतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमदूत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• तु: indeed/but
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• यमस्य: of Yama
• यमस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आज्ञाकरैः: by the command-executors (obedient servants)
• आज्ञाकरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्ञाकर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• बलात्: by force/forcibly
• बलात्: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Yama
• Yamadūtas