Shloka 156

Devanagari script

यशसा च परित्यक्तास्त्वां प्राप्प कुलपांसनम्‌ | “तुझ-जैसे कुलांगारको पाकर तेरे सात पीढ़ी पहलेके और सात पीढ़ी आगे होनेवाले बन्धु-बान्धव नरकमें डूब गये तथा सदाके लिये सुयशसे वंचित हो गये

Transliteration

yaśasā ca parityaktās tvāṁ prāpya kulapāṁsanam |

Translation

サンジャヤは言った。「お前という—一族の恥、家門の汚れ—を得たがために、親族は善き名声そのものに見捨てられた。家を滅ぼす者たるお前と結びついたことで、前七代・後七代の縁者までもが、地獄へ引きずり落とされるかのごとく苦患へ沈み、永く誉れを失ったのだ。」

Word by Word

• यशसा: by/with fame (good repute)
• यशसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

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

• परित्यक्ताः: abandoned, forsaken
• परित्यक्ताः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-त्यज्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, क्त (past passive participle)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• प्राप्प: they have attained/obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• कुलपांसनम्: the defiler of the family (family-disgrace)
• कुलपांसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलपांसन
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses the ethical weight of lineage and reputation: a person who disgraces the family can cause collective loss of honor, implying that adharma is not merely personal but socially contagious, bringing long-term consequences to one’s kin and community.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya delivers a harsh condemnation, calling someone a 'stain upon the family' and stating that, by coming into contact with such a person, the relatives are deprived of good fame and are metaphorically (or karmically) pulled toward ruin.