Shloka 15

Devanagari script

उक्तान्येतानि कर्माणि विस्तरेणेतरेण च । यानि कुर्वन्नकुर्वश्च प्रायश्षित्तीयते नर:,इस प्रकार संक्षेप और विस्तारसे जो ये कर्म बताये गये हैं, उनमेंसे कुछको करनेसे और कुछको न करनेसे मनुष्य प्रायश्चित्तका भागी होता है

Transliteration

uktāny etāni karmāṇi vistareṇetareṇa ca | yāni kurvann akurvaś ca prāyaścittīyate naraḥ ||

Translation

Vyāsa said: “These acts have been stated—some in detail and others in brief. By performing certain of them, and by refraining from certain others, a person becomes subject to prāyaścitta, that is, he incurs the need for atonement and purification in accordance with dharma.”

Word by Word

उक्तानिsaid, stated

एतानिthese

कर्माणिacts, deeds

विस्तरेणin detail, with elaboration

इतरेणotherwise; in another way (i.e., briefly)

चand

यानिwhich (things)

कुर्वन्doing

अकुर्वन्not doing, refraining from doing

चand

प्रायश्चित्तीयतेbecomes subject to expiation; is expiated/atoned

नरःa man, person

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That dharma evaluates both action and omission: some deeds, if done, and some duties, if neglected (or some prohibitions, if not observed), make one liable for prāyaścitta—ritual and ethical atonement meant to restore purity and right order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is summarizing a preceding set of prescriptions and prohibitions, noting that they were explained in both detailed and concise forms, and concluding that a person’s need for expiation arises from either committing certain acts or failing to observe certain required restraints/duties.