Shloka 25

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

नैवं तु शक्र कर्तव्यं पुनर्मान्याश्ष ते द्विजा: । मा गम: ससुतामात्य: क्षयं ब्रह्म॒बलार्दित:

Transliteration

naivaṁ tu śakra kartavyaṁ punarmānyāś ca te dvijāḥ | mā gamaḥ sa-sutāmātyaḥ kṣayaṁ brahma-balārditaḥ, indra ||

Translation

Vipula said: “O Śakra, you must never act in this way again. You should honor the Brahmins. Otherwise, struck down by the force of brahmanical spiritual power, you may be driven—together with your sons and ministers—into destruction, into the very jaws of Death.”

Word by Word

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• एवम्: thus, in this way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्तव्यम्: to be done; proper to do
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ
• Form: तव्यत्, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• मान्याः: to be honored, worthy of respect
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• द्विजाः: Brahmins; twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive with imperative/optative

• गमः: go (may you go)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Lot (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• सुत: sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine

• अमात्यः: minister/counsellor
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षयम्: destruction, ruin
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मबल: power of Brahman (brahminical might)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मबल
• Form: Neuter

• अर्दितः: afflicted, tormented
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्द्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive sense

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

विपुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vipula
• Śakra (Indra)
• Brahmins (dvijāḥ)
• sons (sutāḥ)
• ministers/counsellors (amātyāḥ)
• Death (implied by 'kṣaya' and the Hindi gloss 'kāla')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the highest ruler must practice restraint and uphold dharma by honoring Brahmins; disrespect invites severe consequences, as brahmanical spiritual power (brahma-bala/tejas) can bring ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula directly warns Indra (Śakra) not to repeat a wrongful act and urges him to respect the Brahmins, cautioning that otherwise Indra could be destroyed—along with his sons and ministers—by the force of brahmanical power.