Shloka 2
अध्याय १५२: लोभः पापस्य मूलम् — Greed as the Root of Wrongdoing
Devanagari script
सर्व हीदं दुष्कृतं मे ज्वलाम्यग्नाविवाहित:
Transliteration
sarva hīdaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ me jvalāmy agnāv ivāhitaḥ
Translation
Bhīṣma dit : «Tout ce mal que j’ai commis brûle en moi ; je flamboie comme si l’on m’avait jeté au feu.»
Word by Word
सर्वम्all, the whole
सर्वम्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
दुष्कृतम्evil deed, wrongdoing
दुष्कृतम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदुष्कृत
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
मेof me, my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
ज्वलामिI burn, I blaze
ज्वलामि:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootज्वल्
FormPresent, First, Singular, Parasmaipada
अग्नौin fire
अग्नौ:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
इवlike, as if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
आवाहितःplaced/consigned (as an offering), cast in
आवाहितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-√वह्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past Passive Participle (क्त)
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaF
fire (agni)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Moral injury is not merely external consequence but an inner fire: awareness of one’s own duṣkṛta (wrongdoing) can burn the conscience, urging confession, ethical clarity, and the pursuit of expiation and right conduct.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma—speaking from his bed of arrows—reflects on dharma and his own life. Here he voices personal anguish: the memory and weight of his misdeeds consume him like fire, setting a tone of penitential self-assessment within his instruction.