Shloka 62

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

अहंकारकृतं चैव नाम पर्यायवाचकम्‌ । त्वया कृतां च मर्यादां नातिक्रंस्पति कश्नन

Transliteration

ahaṅkārakṛtaṃ caiva nāma paryāyavācakam | tvayā kṛtāṃ ca maryādāṃ nātikraṃsyati kaścana ||

Translation

আর তোমার পরিভাষিক নাম হবে ‘অহংকারকৃত’—অহংকারের নির্মাতা। আর তুমি যে মর্যাদা স্থাপন করবে, তা কেউই লঙ্ঘন করবে না।

Word by Word

• {'ahaṅkāra': 'ego, sense of ‘I’-ness, self-conceit', 'kṛtam / kṛta': 'made, fashioned

• established', 'ahaṅkārakṛtam': 'that which is made by ego

• (as a name) ‘maker/producer of ego’', 'caiva': 'and indeed, and also', 'nāma': 'name', 'paryāya-vācakam': 'synonymous designation

• a name that is an epithet/alternate term', 'tvayā': 'by you', 'maryādā': 'boundary, limit, rule, established order/constraint', 'na': 'not', 'atikraṃsyati': 'will overstep, will transgress', 'kaścana': 'anyone whatsoever'}

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes the inviolability of rightful limits (maryādā) established by legitimate authority, and it links a being’s function/identity to the principle of ahaṅkāra (ego), suggesting that names and roles can encode ethical and metaphysical functions.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is recounting a boon (varadāna) in which the recipient is assigned an epithet (‘Ahaṅkārakṛt’) and is assured that the order or boundary he sets will not be violated by anyone.