Shloka 3

Varṇa-lakṣaṇa and Ātma-saṃyama (Marks of Social Conduct and Self-Restraint) | वर्णलक्षणम् एवं आत्मसंयमः

Devanagari script

दुर्भिक्षादेव दुर्भिक्षं क्लेशात्‌ क्लेशं भयाद्‌ भयम्‌ । मृतेभ्य: प्रमृतं यान्ति दरिद्रा: पापकारिण:,पापाचारी दरिद्र मनुष्य दुर्भिक्षसे दुर्भिक्ष, क्लेशसे क्लेश और भयसे भय पाते हुए मरे हुओंसे भी अधिक मृतकतुल्य हो जाते हैं

Transliteration

durbhikṣād eva durbhikṣaṃ kleśāt kleśaṃ bhayād bhayam | mṛtebhyaḥ pramṛtaṃ yānti daridrāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma said: From famine they fall into further famine; from hardship into deeper hardship; from fear into greater fear. The poor who commit sin sink into a state worse than death itself—becoming, as it were, more dead than the dead.

Word by Word

दुर्भिक्षात्from famine

एवindeed/just

दुर्भिक्षम्famine

क्लेशात्from distress/affliction

क्लेशम्distress/affliction

भयात्from fear

भयम्fear

मृतेभ्यःfrom the dead (persons)

प्रमृतम्more-dead; as if dead

यान्तिgo/attain

दरिद्राःthe poor

पापकारिणःsin-doing; evil-doers

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes