Shloka 69
Adhyāya 166: Kṛtaghna-doṣa (कृतघ्नदोषः) — the fault of ingratitude and the limits of expiation
Devanagari script
चरेयु: सर्व एवैते वीरहा यद् व्रतं चरेत् । चान्द्रायणं चरेन्मासं कृच्छूं वा पापशुद्धये
Translation
Bhīṣma said: All of them should, each for his own purification, observe the vow prescribed for a slayer of a hero (vīra-hā). Or, for the cleansing of sin, one should practice the Cāndrāyaṇa vow for a month, or else the Kṛcchra vow, to become purified of wrongdoing.
Word by Word
चरेयुःshould practice / should perform
चरेयुः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
FormVidhi-linga, Optative (potential), 3, Plural, Parasmaipada
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
एवindeed / just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
एतेthese
एते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वीरहाslayer of a hero (one guilty of killing a valiant man)
वीरहा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवीरहा (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
यत्which (that)
यत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
व्रतम्vow / observance
व्रतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चरेत्should practice / should perform
चरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
FormVidhi-linga, Optative (potential), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
चान्द्रायणम्the Cāndrāyaṇa penance
चान्द्रायणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootचान्द्रायण (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
चरेत्should perform
चरेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
FormVidhi-linga, Optative (potential), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada
मासम्for a month
मासम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमास (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कृच्छ्रम्the Kṛcchra penance
कृच्छ्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
पापशुद्धयेfor purification from sin
पापशुद्धये:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपापशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Dative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes