Shloka 67

Devanagari script

न व्याधिश्वापदभयं न द्विपान्न हि तस्करात्‌ । कश्मलं लघुतां याति पाप्मना च प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

na vyādhi-śvāpadabhayaṁ na dvipān na hi taskarāt | kaśmalaṁ laghutāṁ yāti pāpmānā ca pramucyate ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「この正しき行を守って生きる者には、病や猛獣の恐れはない。象にも盗賊にも害されぬ。悲嘆と心の苦悩は軽くなり、罪より解き放たれる。」

Word by Word

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

• व्याधि: disease
• व्याधि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• श्वापद: wild beast/predator
• श्वापद: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वापद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• द्विपात्: from an elephant
• द्विपात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विप
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• तस्करात्: from a thief
• तस्करात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्कर
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• कश्मलम्: distress/grief/anguish
• कश्मलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्मल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• लघुताम्: lightness/smallness (diminution)
• लघुताम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लघुता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• याति: goes/attains
• Type: Verb
• Root: या
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पाप्मना: by/through sin (sinfulness)
• पाप्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

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

• प्रमुच्यते: is released/freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present, Indicative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive (yaK)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• elephants
• thieves
• wild/predatory animals
• disease

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma teaches that adherence to a dharmic practice yields both worldly security (freedom from common dangers like illness, wild beasts, elephants, and thieves) and inner purification (relief from sorrow/confusion and release from sin).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma continues instructing Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and the fruits of virtuous observances; here he summarizes the protective and purifying benefits that accrue to the practitioner.