Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अशपत्तमपि क्रोधाद्‌ भागिनेयं स मातुल: । तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण सत्येन च दमेन च

Transliteration

aśapattam api krodhād bhāgineyaṃ sa mātulaḥ | tapasā brahmacaryeṇa satyena ca damena ca

Translation

Submergé par la colère, cet oncle maternel alla jusqu’à maudire le fils de sa sœur. Pourtant, la force de l’ascèse, de la discipline chaste, de la vérité et de la maîtrise de soi demeure un pouvoir solide.

Word by Word

• अशपत्: cursed
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3, Singular, परस्मैपदम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• क्रोधात्: from anger; out of anger
• क्रोधात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• भागिनेयम्: sister's son (nephew)
• भागिनेयम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागिनेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मातुलः: maternal uncle
• मातुलः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• ब्रह्मचर्येण: by celibacy/continence
• ब्रह्मचर्येण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• सत्येन: by truth
• सत्येन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• दमेन: by self-control
• दमेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrīkṛṣṇa (speaker)
• mātula (maternal uncle)
• bhāgineya (sister’s son)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Anger can drive even close kin to harmful speech like cursing, but true moral strength is cultivated through tapas (austerity), brahmacarya (disciplined conduct), satya (truthfulness), and dama (self-restraint). The verse contrasts impulsive wrath with the stabilizing power of sustained ethical discipline.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrīkṛṣṇa describes a situation where a maternal uncle, seized by anger, curses his nephew. The statement then highlights the virtues—tapas, brahmacarya, satya, and dama—as the ethical forces relevant to understanding or countering the consequences of such anger-driven action.