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Shloka 52

न जातु त्वमिति ब्रूयादापन्नो5पि महत्तरम्‌ | त्वंकारो वा वधो वेति विद्वत्सु न विशिष्यते

na jātu tvam iti brūyād āpanno 'pi mahattaram | tvaṃkāro vā vadho veti vidvatsu na viśiṣyate, yudhiṣṭhira |

ビーシュマは言った。「ユディシュティラよ、たとえ最大の災厄に追い詰められても、目上の者に馴れ馴れしい『汝(tvam)』で呼びかけてはならぬ。賢者にとって、その無礼な『tvam』は害を加えることと異ならぬ――尊ぶべき者を辱める罪はそれほど重いのだ。」

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
जातुever, at any time
जातु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootजातु
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद्
Form—, Nominative, Singular
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ब्रूयात्should say
ब्रूयात्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू (ब्रवीति)
FormOptative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
आपन्नःhaving fallen into, being in (distress)
आपन्नः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआपन्न (√आपद्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिeven, even if
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
महत्तरम्a superior/elder (person)
महत्तरम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्तर (महान्)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
त्वंकारःthe use of 'tvam' (addressing as 'you')
त्वंकारः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootत्वंकार
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
वधःkilling, slaying
वधः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
इतिthus (as a notion/quotation)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
विद्वत्सुamong the learned
विद्वत्सु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootविद्वस्
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विशिष्यतेis distinguished; differs
विशिष्यते:
TypeVerb
Root√शिष् (वि+√शिष्)
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

One must maintain respectful forms of address toward elders and superiors; insulting speech—especially the undue familiar ‘tvam’—is treated by the wise as a grave offense, comparable in moral weight to physical harm.

In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma continues advising King Yudhiṣṭhira on dharma and proper conduct, here emphasizing verbal discipline and the ethical seriousness of disrespectful address toward the worthy.