Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 36 Shloka 25 - Mahabharata | French | Vedapath

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Shloka 25

Śakra–Śambara Saṃvāda: Brāhmaṇa-sevā, Anasūyā, and Vāg-bala (शक्रशम्बरसंवादः)

Devanagari script

परिवादो द्विजातीनां न श्रोतव्य: कथंचन । आसीताधोमुखलस्तूष्णीं समुत्थाय व्रजेच्च वा

Transliteration

parivādo dvijātīnāṃ na śrotavyaḥ kathaṃcana | āsītādhomukhas tūṣṇīṃ samutthāya vrajec ca vā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dit : «La médisance contre les deux-fois-nés (dvija) ne doit être écoutée d’aucune manière. Si un tel dénigrement a lieu, qu’on demeure assis en silence, le visage baissé, ou bien qu’on se lève et qu’on quitte cet endroit.»

Word by Word

परिवादःslander, reviling

द्विजातीनाम्of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)

नnot

श्रोतव्यःshould be listened to (is to be heard)

कथंचनin any way; at all

आसीतlet (him) sit; he should sit

अधोमुखःwith face down; down-faced

तूष्णीम्silently

समुत्थायhaving risen; after getting up

व्रजेत्should go; should depart

चor/and

वाor

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

dvijāti (twice-born, especially brāhmaṇas)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Do not participate in or validate defamatory speech about the dvijātis; ethical restraint includes refusing to listen, maintaining silent disapproval, or leaving the scene.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he lays down a rule of conduct: when slander of the twice-born is heard, one should neither engage nor encourage it, but respond through silence and withdrawal.