Shloka 9

Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)

Devanagari script

सुरापो5सम्मतादायी भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पग: । तपसा तरते सर्वमेनसश्न प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

surāpo 'sammatadāyī bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ | tapasā tarate sarvam enasaś ca pramucyate ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: “Incluso quien bebe embriagantes, quien da lo que no está permitido, quien mata a un embrión y quien viola el lecho del maestro—tal persona puede cruzar más allá de todo pecado mediante la austeridad y queda liberada de la culpa.”

Word by Word

• सुरापः: a drinker of liquor
• सुरापः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असम्मतदायी: one who gives what is not approved/unauthorized giver
• असम्मतदायी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: असम्मतदायिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भ्रूणहा: slayer of an embryo (foetus-killer)
• भ्रूणहा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रूणहन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुतल्पगः: one who goes to the गुरु's bed (violator of the teacher’s bed)
• गुरुतल्पगः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरुतल्पग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity/penance
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• तरते: crosses over, overcomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: तॄ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• सर्वम्: all, everything
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एनसः: of sin, of guilt
• Type: Noun
• Root: एनस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रमुच्यते: is released, is freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + मुच्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Passive

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that even the gravest moral transgressions can be overcome through tapas (austerity/penance), implying the possibility of purification and ethical restoration when disciplined expiation is undertaken.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing on dharma and the means of atonement. Here he lists severe offenses and asserts that austerity can enable one to cross beyond sin and be freed from guilt.