Shloka 25

Brāhmaṇa-mahattva and Atithi-Dharma

Brahmagītā: Praise of Brāhmaṇas and norms of honor

Devanagari script

तासां रुदितशब्देन मन्त्रिभृत्यजनस्य च

Transliteration

tāsāṁ ruditāśabdena mantribhṛtyajanasya ca

Translation

And by the sound of their weeping—together with the cries and commotion of the ministers, attendants, and other people—the place was filled with lamentation.

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• रुदित-शब्देन: by/with the sound of weeping
• रुदित-शब्देन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मन्त्रि-भृत्य-जनस्य: of the group of ministers and servants
• मन्त्रि-भृत्य-जनस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

श्येन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्येन (Śyena)
• मन्त्रि (ministers/counselors)
• भृत्य (attendants/servants)
• जन (people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how private sorrow becomes a public, communal disturbance—especially in a royal setting—implying an ethical awareness of how actions and misfortunes ripple through dependents, officials, and society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śyena describes a scene dominated by loud lamentation: the weeping of certain women (tāsām) is joined by the noise and agitation of ministers, attendants, and the wider populace, indicating a moment of crisis or bereavement affecting the whole establishment.