Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एष एव तु सर्वेषामकार्याणां विधिर्भवेत्‌ । ब्राह्मणोक्तेन विधिना दृष्टान्तागमहेतु्भि:,जितने न करनेयोग्य पापकर्म हैं, उन सबके लिये यही विधि है। ब्राह्मणग्रन्थोंमें बतायी हुई विधिसे दृष्टान्त बतानेवाले शास्त्रोंकी युक्तियोंसे इसी तरह पापशुद्धिके लिये प्रायश्ित्त करना चाहिये

Transliteration

eṣa eva tu sarveṣām akāryāṇāṁ vidhir bhavet | brāhmaṇoktena vidhinā dṛṣṭāntāgamahetubhiḥ ||

Translation

This alone is the proper rule for all forbidden acts: one should undertake expiation for the purification of sin in this very manner—according to the procedure taught by the Brahmanical authorities, supported by illustrative precedents and by the reasoned grounds of the sacred tradition.

Word by Word

एषःthis

एवindeed/only

तुbut/indeed

सर्वेषाम्of all

अकार्याणाम्of improper acts / forbidden deeds

विधिःrule/procedure

भवेत्should be / may become

ब्राह्मणोक्तेनby (the rule) stated by Brahmanas / by Brahmins

विधिनाby the procedure

दृष्टान्तby examples

आगमby scriptural authority/tradition

हेतुभिःby reasons/arguments

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Brāhmaṇa (Brahmanical authorities/texts)

Āgama (scriptural tradition)

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?

For any prohibited or blameworthy action, the proper response is prāyaścitta (expiation) performed according to authoritative Brahmanical procedure, justified by scriptural tradition and supported by examples and reasoning.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa is laying down a general rule within a dharma-discussion: he summarizes that the same principled method—scripturally grounded expiation—applies broadly to all kinds of wrongful acts.