Shloka 25

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

नैवं तु शक्र कर्तव्यं पुनर्मान्याश्ष ते द्विजा: । मा गम: ससुतामात्य: क्षयं ब्रह्म॒बलार्दित:

Transliteration

naivaṁ tu śakra kartavyaṁ punarmānyāś ca te dvijāḥ | mā gamaḥ sa-sutāmātyaḥ kṣayaṁ brahma-balārditaḥ, indra ||

Translation

Vipula dijo: «¡Oh Śakra! Desde hoy no debes obrar así jamás. Debes honrar a los brahmanes. De lo contrario, abatido por la fuerza del poder espiritual brahmánico, podrías ser arrojado—junto con tus hijos y ministros—hacia la ruina, a las mismas fauces de la Muerte».

Word by Word

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

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

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कर्तव्यम्: to be done; proper to do
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ
• Form: तव्यत्, Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

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

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• मान्याः: to be honored, worthy of respect
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मान्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• द्विजाः: Brahmins; twice-born
• द्विजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा
• Form: prohibitive with imperative/optative

• गमः: go (may you go)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Lot (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स: with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स

• सुत: sons
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत
• Form: Masculine

• अमात्यः: minister/counsellor
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमात्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षयम्: destruction, ruin
• क्षयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मबल: power of Brahman (brahminical might)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मबल
• Form: Neuter

• अर्दितः: afflicted, tormented
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अर्द्
• Form: क्त, Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive sense

• इन्द्र: O Indra
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

विपुल उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vipula
• Śakra (Indra)
• Brahmins (dvijāḥ)
• sons (sutāḥ)
• ministers/counsellors (amātyāḥ)
• Death (implied by 'kṣaya' and the Hindi gloss 'kāla')

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the highest ruler must practice restraint and uphold dharma by honoring Brahmins; disrespect invites severe consequences, as brahmanical spiritual power (brahma-bala/tejas) can bring ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula directly warns Indra (Śakra) not to repeat a wrongful act and urges him to respect the Brahmins, cautioning that otherwise Indra could be destroyed—along with his sons and ministers—by the force of brahmanical power.