Shloka 46

मृत्यु-काल-प्रबोधनम् (Instruction on Mortality, Time, and Truth) — Mahābhārata, Śānti-parva 169

Devanagari script

किमिदं कुरुषे मोहाद्‌ विप्रस्त्वं हि कुलोद्वह: । मध्यदेशपरिज्ञातो दस्युभावं गत: कथम्‌,“अरे! तू मोहवश यह क्या कर रहा है? तू तो मध्यदेशका विख्यात एवं कुलीन ब्राह्मण था। यहाँ डाकू कैसे बन गया?

Transliteration

kim idaṃ kuruṣe mohād vipras tvaṃ hi kulodvahaḥ | madhyadeśaparijñāto dasyubhāvaṃ gataḥ katham ||

Translation

Bhishma said: “What is this you are doing out of delusion? You are a brahmin, indeed an ornament of your lineage—well known in the Madhyadeśa. How, then, have you fallen into the condition of a bandit?”

Word by Word

किम्what

इदम्this

कुरुषेyou do

मोहात्from delusion / out of delusion

विप्रःa brahmin

त्वम्you

हिindeed / for

कुलोद्वहःuplifter of the family; family’s pride

मध्यदेशthe Madhyadeśa (central region)

परिज्ञातःwell-known / recognized

दस्युrobber / bandit

भावम्state / condition

गतःgone; having become

कथम्how

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (speaker)

vipra (a brahmin, addressed person)

Madhyadeśa

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes