Shloka 109

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

कृत्वा बलवता संधिमात्मानं यो न रक्षति । अपथ्यमिव तद्‌ भुक्तं तस्य नार्थाय कल्पते,'जो व्यक्ति बलवानसे संधि करके अपनी रक्षाका ध्यान नहीं रखता, उसका वह मेल- जोल खाये हुए अपथ्य अन्नके समान हितकर नहीं होता

Transliteration

kṛtvā balavatā sandhim ātmānaṃ yo na rakṣati | apathyam iva tad bhuktaṃ tasya nārthāya kalpate ||

Translation

Bhishma said: If a person makes an alliance with someone powerful but fails to safeguard himself, that association brings him no benefit—like eating food unfit for one’s health: once consumed, it cannot become wholesome and instead turns harmful.

Word by Word

कृत्वाhaving made/done

बलवताwith a powerful (person)

सन्धिम्alliance/treaty

आत्मानम्oneself

यःwho (he who)

नnot

रक्षतिprotects/guards

अपथ्यम्unwholesome (food)

इवlike/as

तत्that (i.e., that alliance)

भुक्तम्eaten/consumed

तस्यof him/of that person

नnot

अर्थायfor benefit/for good

कल्पतेis fit/serves (as)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes