Shloka 20

Adhyāya 64: Dāna-prakāra—Suvarṇa, Pānīya-dāna, Ghṛta-dāna, and Upakaraṇa-dāna

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Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणेषु प्रमूढेषु धर्मो विप्रणशेद्‌ ध्रुवम्‌ धर्मप्रणाशे भूतानामभाव: स्यान्न संशय:,ब्राह्मण जब मोहग्रस्त होते हैं, तब निश्चय ही धर्मका नाश हो जाता है और धर्मका नाश होनेपर प्राणियोंका भी विनाश हो जाता है, इसमें संशय नहीं है

Transliteration

brāhmaṇeṣu pramūḍheṣu dharmo vipraṇaśed dhruvam | dharmapraṇāśe bhūtānām abhāvaḥ syān na saṁśayaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “When the brahmanas become deluded and lose discernment, dharma surely perishes. And when dharma is destroyed, the very continuance of living beings collapses—of this there is no doubt.”

Word by Word

ब्राह्मणेषुamong/in the Brahmins

प्रमूढेषुdeluded, bewildered

धर्मःdharma, righteousness

विप्रणशेत्would perish / would be destroyed

ध्रुवम्certainly, surely

धर्मप्रणाशेin the destruction of dharma

भूतानाम्of beings/creatures

अभावःnon-existence, destruction

स्यात्would be

नnot

संशयःdoubt

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

brāhmaṇas

dharma

bhūtas (living beings)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

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