Shloka 67

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

Devanagari script

एवं प्राप्तो महत्कृच्छुमृषि: सन्नपसत्तम । ब्राह्मणेन न वक्तव्यं तस्माद्‌ वर्णावरे जने

Transliteration

evaṁ prāpto mahatkṛcchum ṛṣiḥ sann apasattama | brāhmaṇena na vaktavyaṁ tasmād varṇāvare jane, nūpaśiromaṇe ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Así, aquel sabio, aunque verdaderamente virtuoso, cayó en una aflicción severa. Por ello, oh joya cimera de los reyes, un brāhmaṇa no debe impartir instrucción a quien pertenezca a un orden social inferior».

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus, in this manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम्

• प्राप्तः: having reached / having come to
• प्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्राप्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृच्छुम्: hardship, distress
• कृच्छुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ऋषिः: sage
• ऋषिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सन्: being
• सन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, शतृ (present active participle)

• अपसत्तम: O best of the low/degenerate (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणेन: by a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वक्तव्यम्: should be spoken / ought to be said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, तव्य (gerundive/obligatory)

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• वर्णावरे: in/with one of lower caste
• वर्णावरे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ण-अवर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• जने: in a person, among people
• जने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• नूपशिरोमणे: O crest-jewel of Nūpa (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नूप-शिरोमणि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• ṛṣi (unnamed sage)
• brāhmaṇa
• varṇāvara jana (person of lower varṇa)
• nūpaśiromaṇi (addressed king, likely Yudhiṣṭhira)