Shloka 84

Devanagari script

दिवापि मयि निष्क्रान्ते संतप्येते गुरू मम । विचिनोति हि मां तात: सहैवाश्रमवासिभि:

Transliteration

divāpi mayi niṣkrānte santapyete gurū mama | vicinoti hi māṃ tātaḥ sahaivāśramavāsibhiḥ ||

Translation

阎摩说道：“即便在白昼，我一旦外出，我所敬奉的长辈师长也为我忧惧。父亲常与道场众人一道，四处寻我。”

Word by Word

• दिवा: by day / in daytime
• दिवा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिवा
• Form: Avyaya (temporal adverb)

• अपि: even / also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि
• Form: Avyaya (particle)

• मयि: when I / in my case (i.e., while I am)
• मयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Gender: —, Case: Locative, Number: Singular

• निष्क्रान्ते: having gone out / departed
• निष्क्रान्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्क्रान्त
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Locative, Number: Singular (agreeing with implied 'मयि')

• संतप्येते: they two grieve / are distressed
• Type: Verb
• Root: संतप्
• Form: Lakara: Lat (present), Pada: Ātmanepada, Person: 3rd, Number: Dual

• गुरू: the two elders (my parents/guardians)
• गुरू: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Dual

• मम: my
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Gender: —, Case: Genitive, Number: Singular

• विचिनोति: searches for / looks for
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चि
• Form: Lakara: Lat (present), Pada: Parasmaipada, Person: 3rd, Number: Singular

• हि: indeed / for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि
• Form: Avyaya (emphatic/causal particle)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Gender: —, Case: Accusative, Number: Singular

• तातः: father
• तातः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Nominative, Number: Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह
• Form: Avyaya (preposition-like; governs instrumental)

• एव: indeed / just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव
• Form: Avyaya (emphasis)

• आश्रमवासिभिः: with the hermitage-dwellers
• आश्रमवासिभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमवासिन्
• Form: Gender: Masculine, Case: Instrumental, Number: Plural

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• father (tātaḥ)
• gurūḥ (elders/teachers)
• āśrama-vāsinaḥ (hermitage residents)
• āśrama (hermitage)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights responsibility within a household or āśrama: one’s unexplained absence causes suffering to elders and family, so dharma includes being mindful of how one’s actions affect dependents and respected superiors.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yama explains that when he goes out even during the day, his elders become anxious, and his father—along with the hermitage community—actively searches for him, indicating concern and the social bonds of āśrama life.