Shloka 25

Devanagari script

इमे सद्धर्ममाहात्म्ययशोवीर्यनिवर्तिन: । नाहन्ति व्यसन भोक्तुं नन्वेषां क्रियतां दया

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: ime saddharma-māhātmya-yaśo-vīrya-nivartinaḥ | nārhanti vyasanaṃ bhoktuṃ, nanv eṣāṃ kriyatāṃ dayā ||

Translation

Mereka ini—putra-putraku—menapaki jalan dharma yang luhur, dibimbing oleh kemuliaan dharma sejati serta teladan watak, kemasyhuran, dan keberanian para mahātma. Mereka tidak patut menanggung bencana; maka, wahai yang mulia, kasihanilah mereka.

Word by Word

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

• सद्धर्म: true dharma / good conduct
• सद्धर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माहात्म्य: greatness, noble nature
• माहात्म्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वीर्य: valor, strength
• वीर्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निवर्तिनः: following, conforming to
• निवर्तिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवर्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• आहन्ति: they strike/kill (i.e., are fit to be struck)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• व्यसनम्: misfortune, calamity
• व्यसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोक्तुम्: to experience/endure
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Infinitive

• ननु: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ननु

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done / may (it) be shown
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• दया: compassion, mercy
• दया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames compassion (dayā) as an ethical response aligned with saddharma: those who strive to follow righteous exemplars should not be crushed by misfortune, and a superior is urged to temper judgment with mercy.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Sabha Parva’s crisis and punitive outcomes, a speaker pleads before a revered authority that ‘my sons’—portrayed as dharma-following and noble—should not be made to endure suffering, and requests compassionate intervention.