Shloka 156

Devanagari script

यशसा च परित्यक्तास्त्वां प्राप्प कुलपांसनम्‌ | “तुझ-जैसे कुलांगारको पाकर तेरे सात पीढ़ी पहलेके और सात पीढ़ी आगे होनेवाले बन्धु-बान्धव नरकमें डूब गये तथा सदाके लिये सुयशसे वंचित हो गये

Transliteration

yaśasā ca parityaktās tvāṁ prāpya kulapāṁsanam |

Translation

Sañjaya said: Having obtained you—O disgrace of your lineage—your kinsmen have been abandoned by good repute itself. Through association with one so ruinous to the family, they fall from lasting honor and are driven toward a fate of suffering, as if dragged down to hell along with the generations connected to you.

Word by Word

• यशसा: by/with fame (good repute)
• यशसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• परित्यक्ताः: abandoned, forsaken
• परित्यक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्प: they have attained/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कुलपांसनम्: the defiler of the family (family-disgrace)
• कुलपांसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलपांसन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses the ethical weight of lineage and reputation: a person who disgraces the family can cause collective loss of honor, implying that adharma is not merely personal but socially contagious, bringing long-term consequences to one’s kin and community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya delivers a harsh condemnation, calling someone a 'stain upon the family' and stating that, by coming into contact with such a person, the relatives are deprived of good fame and are metaphorically (or karmically) pulled toward ruin.