Shloka 37

Viṣṇu-sahasranāma—Yudhiṣṭhira’s Inquiry and Bhīṣma’s Recitation (विष्णोर्नामसहस्रम्)

Devanagari script

धर्मदोषास्त्विमे पञज्च येषां नास्तीह निष्कृति: । असम्भाष्या अनाचारा वर्जनीया नराधमा:,आगे बताये जानेवाले पाँच धर्मविषयक दोष जिनमें विद्यमान हैं, उनका यहाँ कभी उद्धार नहीं होता। ऐसे अनाचारी नराधमोंसे बात नहीं करनी चाहिये। उन्हें दूरसे ही त्याग देना चाहिये

Transliteration

dharmadoṣās tv ime pañca yeṣāṁ nāstīha niṣkṛtiḥ | asambhāṣyā anācārā varjanīyā narādhamāḥ ||

Translation

Yama said: “These are the five faults against dharma for which there is no expiation here. Those who are devoid of right conduct are not to be conversed with; such base men should be avoided and renounced from afar.”

Word by Word

धर्मदोषाःfaults in dharma / religious-ethical defects

तुbut, however

इमेthese

पञ्चfive

येwho/which

येषाम्of whom/for whom

नnot

अस्तिis/exists

इहhere, in this world/teaching

निष्कृतिःatonement, redemption, expiation

असम्भाष्याःnot to be spoken with

अनाचाराःmen of bad conduct, immoral persons

वर्जनीयाःto be avoided

नराधमाःworst of men, vile men

Speaker

यम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Yama

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes