Shloka 20

Bhīṣma–Śiśupāla-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma and Shishupala’s exchange in the assembly

Devanagari script

येषामर्च्यतम: कृष्णस्त्वं च येषां प्रदर्शक: । धर्मवांस्त्वमधर्मज्ञ: सतां मार्गादवप्लुत:,अथवा क्‍यों न हो, जिनका परम पूजनीय कृष्ण है और सत्पुरुषोंके मार्गसे गिरा हुआ तुम-जैसा धर्मज्ञानशून्य धर्मात्मा जिनका मार्गदर्शक है

Transliteration

yeṣām arcyatamaḥ kṛṣṇas tvaṃ ca yeṣāṃ pradarśakaḥ | dharmavāṃs tvam adharmājñaḥ satāṃ mārgād avaplutaḥ ||

Translation

“For those whose most worship-worthy object is Kṛṣṇa—and for whom you, fallen from the path of the righteous, are held up as a guide—how could it be otherwise? You are paraded as ‘virtuous’ though you are ignorant of adharma; you have slipped away from the very road walked by the good.”

Word by Word

येषाम्of whom

अर्च्यतमःmost worthy of worship

कृष्णःKrishna

त्वम्you

चand

येषाम्of whom

प्रदर्शकःguide, one who shows (the way)

धर्मवान्righteous, possessing dharma

त्वम्you

अधर्मज्ञःknower of adharma / one who knows (only) unrighteousness

सताम्of the good (people)

मार्गात्from the path

अवप्लुतःfallen down, slipped away

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śiśupāla

Kṛṣṇa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes