Shloka 11

Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya

Devanagari script

न भयं विद्यते जातु नरस्येह दयावत: । दयावतामिमे लोका: परे चापि तपस्विनाम्‌

Transliteration

na bhayaṁ vidyate jātu narasyeha dayāvataḥ | dayāvatām ime lokāḥ pare cāpi tapasvinām ||

Translation

Bhīṣma enseigne : «En ce monde, l’homme compatissant n’a pas à craindre. Pour ceux qui ont la compassion —et pour les ascètes voués à l’austérité— cette vie comme l’autre deviennent favorables et sûres.»

Word by Word

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

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विद्यते: exists / is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विद्+य, आत्मनेपद; 'विद्यते' = अस्ति/उपलभ्यते)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• जातु: ever / at any time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जातु

• नरस्य: of a man
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• इह: here (in this world)
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• दयावतः: of the compassionate (one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दयावत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• दयावताम्: of the compassionate (people)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दयावत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• लोकाः: worlds
• लोकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परे: the other (worlds) / beyond
• परे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तपस्विनाम्: of ascetics
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Compassion (dayā) removes fear and brings well-being; when paired with ascetic discipline (tapas), it benefits a person in both this world and the next.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma. Here he emphasizes a moral principle: the compassionate and the self-controlled live without fear and attain good outcomes in both realms.