Shloka 10
एतत् कृत्वा महत् पाप॑ निन्दित: सर्वसाधुभि:,गुरुमाक्रोशत: क्षुद्र न चाधर्मेण पात्यसे । “यह महान् पाप करके तू समस्त श्रेष्ठ पुरुषोंकी दृष्टिमें निन्दाका पात्र बन गया है। साधु पुरुषोंकी इस सुन्दर सभामें पहुँचकर ऐसी बातें करते हुए तुझे लज्जा कैसे नहीं आती है? तेरी जीभके सैकड़ों टुकड़े क्यों नहीं हो जाते और तेरा मस्तक क्यों नहीं फट जाता? ओ नीच! गुरुकी निन््दा करते हुए तेरा इस पापसे पतन क्यों नहीं हो जाता?
etad kṛtvā mahat pāpa ninditaḥ sarvasādhubhiḥ | gurum ākrośataḥ kṣudra na cādharmeṇa pātyase ||
Sañjaya said: “Having committed this great sin, you have become an object of condemnation in the eyes of all the virtuous. O petty man, as you revile your teacher, why do you not fall through unrighteousness? By entering this noble assembly and speaking such words, how do you not feel shame? Why does your tongue not split into hundreds of pieces, and why does your head not burst?”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse condemns guru-nindā (reviling one’s teacher) as a grave pāpa and a mark of adharma. It frames ethical speech as central to righteousness: public slander of a revered preceptor brings social and moral disgrace, and ought to provoke shame and self-restraint.
Sañjaya reports a sharp moral rebuke directed at someone who has insulted a guru in an assembly. The speaker emphasizes that such conduct is condemned by all virtuous people and rhetorically asks why the offender does not feel shame or suffer immediate downfall for this unrighteous act.