Shloka 47

Devanagari script

ततस्ते पापकर्माणो लोभोपहतचेतस: । आभीरा मन्त्रयामासु: समेत्याशुभदर्शना:,लोभसे उनके चित्तकी विवेकशक्ति नष्ट हो गयी। उन अशुभदर्शी पापाचारी आभीरोंने परस्पर मिलकर सलाह की

Transliteration

tatas te pāpakarmāṇo lobhopahatacetasaḥ | ābhīrā mantrayāmāsuḥ sametyāśubhadarśanāḥ ||

Translation

तब वे पापकर्मी आभीर, जिनके चित्त को लोभ ने दबा लिया था और जिनकी विवेक-बुद्धि नष्ट हो चुकी थी, अशुभ दृष्टि वाले होकर आपस में मिलकर परामर्श करने लगे।

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey

पापकर्माणःevil-doers (of sinful deeds)

लोभोपहतचेतसःwhose minds were struck/overpowered by greed

आभीराःthe Abhiras

मन्त्रयामासुःthey consulted, took counsel

समेत्यhaving come together

अशुभदर्शनाःof inauspicious outlook/appearance

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ābhīras

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

What is the core teaching?

Greed (lobha) destroys discernment (viveka implied by cetas being ‘overpowered’), leading people into coordinated wrongdoing; moral failure is shown as both an inner collapse of judgment and an outward turn to harmful counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding events, a group identified as the Ābhīras—described as sinful and ill-intentioned—assemble and begin to deliberate together, suggesting the start of a plot or collective action driven by greed.