Shloka 14

Dharma-vyādha on the Subtlety of Dharma, Karma, and the Continuity of the Jīva (Āraṇyaka-parva 200)

Devanagari script

अकीर्ति: कीर्त्यते लोके यस्य भूतस्य कस्यचित्‌ | स पतत्यधमॉल्लोकान्‌ यावच्छब्द: प्रकीर्त्यते,'संसारमें जिस किसी प्राणीकी अपकीर्ति कही जाती है--जबतक उसके अपयशका शब्द गूँजता रहता है, तबतकके लिये वह नीचेके लोकोंमें गिर जाता है

Transliteration

akīrtiḥ kīrtyate loke yasya bhūtasya kasyacit | sa pataty adhamāl lokān yāvac chabdaḥ prakīrtyate ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: If, in this world, any being becomes the subject of ill-fame, then so long as the report of that disgrace continues to be spoken, that person falls into the lower realms.

Word by Word

अकीर्तिःill-fame, disgrace

कीर्त्यतेis spoken of, is proclaimed

लोकेin the world

यस्यof whom/whose

भूतस्यof a being/creature

कस्यचित्of some (someone)

सःhe/that person

पततिfalls

अधमात्from a low (state/place)

लोकात्from the world/realm

लोकान्worlds/realms

यावत्as long as, until

शब्दःword, report, sound

प्रकीर्त्यतेis widely proclaimed

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes