Shloka 24

Devanagari script

त्यजैनं कलुषं भावं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कुरु । एतेषां कुर्वतः पापं राष्ट्रक्षो भो भविष्यति

Transliteration

tyajainaṁ kaluṣaṁ bhāvaṁ brāhmaṇebhyo namaskuru | eteṣāṁ kurvataḥ pāpaṁ rāṣṭrakṣobho bhaviṣyati |

Translation

Vāyu sprach: „O Kārtavīrya! Wirf diese befleckte Gesinnung von dir und verneige dich vor den Brāhmaṇas. Wenn du fortfährst, gegen sie Unrecht zu tun, werden Aufruhr und Unruhe in deinem Reich entstehen.“

Word by Word

• त्यज: abandon, give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Loṭ, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एनम्: this (him/it)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कलुषम्: impure, tainted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भावम्: attitude, disposition
• भावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• नमस्कुरु: do obeisance, bow
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्-कृ
• Form: Loṭ, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतेषाम्: of these (people)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कुर्वतः: of (you) doing
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पापम्: sin, wrongdoing
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राष्ट्रक्षोभः: disturbance of the kingdom
• राष्ट्रक्षोभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र-क्षोभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Luṭ (periphrastic future), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्तवीर्य: O Kārtavīrya
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तवीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Brahmins
• Kartavīrya (addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler must renounce impure hostility and show reverence to Brahmins; harming or maligning them is presented as adharma that destabilizes the realm, bringing political and social unrest.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna admonishes Kartavīrya to give up a corrupt intention and to bow to the Brahmins, warning that wrongdoing toward them will lead to disturbance and upheaval in his kingdom.