Shloka 92

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

क्रीडता हि मया बाल्ये वासुदेव महामना: । पांसुरूषितगात्रेण महात्मा परुषीकृत:,“वासुदेव! बचपनमें खेलते समय मैंने अपने धूलि-धूसर शरीरसे उन महामनस्वी महात्माको सदा दूषित किया है

Transliteration

krīḍatā hi mayā bālye vāsudeva mahāmanāḥ | pāṃsurūṣitagātreṇa mahātmā paruṣīkṛtaḥ ||

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「おお、ヴァースデーヴァよ。幼き日、遊び戯れていた折、我は—身に塵をまとい—たびたびあの大いなる魂、気高き心の人を乱暴に扱い、汚してしまった。今それを思い起こし、我が過ちを認める。」

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'krīḍatā', 'definition': 'while playing

• sporting (instrumental of present participle)'}, {'term': 'mayā', 'definition': 'by me

• by myself (instrumental of aham)'}, {'term': 'bālye', 'definition': 'in childhood'}, {'term': 'vāsudeva', 'definition': 'O Vāsudeva

• a name of Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term': 'mahāmanāḥ', 'definition': 'noble-minded

• magnanimous'}, {'term': 'pāṃsu', 'definition': 'dust'}, {'term': 'rūṣita', 'definition': 'soiled

• covered (with)'}, {'term': 'gātra', 'definition': 'body

• limbs'}, {'term': 'pāṃsurūṣitagātreṇa', 'definition': 'with a dust-soiled body (instrumental compound)'}, {'term': 'mahātmā', 'definition': 'great-souled

• exalted person'}, {'term': 'paruṣīkṛtaḥ', 'definition': 'treated harshly/roughly

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even unintended or childish disrespect toward a noble person is ethically weighty; recognizing one’s fault and cultivating humility and reverence are marks of inner growth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa as Vāsudeva and recalls his childhood play, confessing that, with a dust-covered body, he behaved roughly and thereby ‘soiled’ or dishonored a great-souled person.