Shloka 24

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

Devanagari script

दुष्कृतं मम कि नु स्याद्‌ भवतां वा द्विजर्षभा: । येन नाशं जगामाग्नि: कृतं कुपुरुषेष्विव,विप्रवरो! मुझसे या आपलोगोंसे कौन-सा ऐसा दुष्कर्म बन गया है जिससे अग्निदेव दुष्ट मनुष्योंके प्रति किये गये उपकारके समान नष्ट हो गये हैं

Transliteration

duṣkṛtaṁ mama ki nu syād bhavatāṁ vā dvijarṣabhāḥ | yena nāśaṁ jagāmāgniḥ kṛtaṁ kupuruṣeṣv iva ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “O best of Brahmins, what wrongdoing could there be—on my part or on yours—by which Agni has come to ruin, as though a good deed performed for wicked men were destined to be wasted?”

Word by Word

दुष्कृतम्evil deed, wrongdoing

ममof me, my

किम्what

नुindeed, pray (interrogative particle)

स्यात्might be, could be

भवताम्of you (honorific), your

वाor

द्विजर्षभाःO best of twice-born (brahmins)

येनby which, because of which

नाशम्destruction, ruin

जगामwent to, reached

अग्निःAgni, the fire-god

कृतम्done, performed; (a) deed

कुपुरुषेषुamong/with respect to wicked men

इवlike, as if

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Agni (Fire-god)

Brahmins (dvija)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes