Shloka 47

वसुदेव–अर्जुन संवादः

Vasudeva–Arjuna Dialogue in the Aftermath of Dvārakā

Devanagari script

ततस्ते पापकर्माणो लोभोपहतचेतस: । आभीरा मन्त्रयामासु: समेत्याशुभदर्शना:,लोभसे उनके चित्तकी विवेकशक्ति नष्ट हो गयी। उन अशुभदर्शी पापाचारी आभीरोंने परस्पर मिलकर सलाह की

Transliteration

tatas te pāpakarmāṇo lobhopahatacetasaḥ | ābhīrā mantrayāmāsuḥ sametyāśubhadarśanāḥ ||

Translation

そのとき、罪業を重ねた者たちは貪欲に心を奪われ、分別の力を失っていた。凶兆の眼差しを帯びたアービーラ族は集まり、互いに相談し始めた。

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेthey

पापकर्माणःevil-doers (of sinful deeds)

लोभोपहतचेतसःwhose minds were struck/overpowered by greed

आभीराःthe Abhiras

मन्त्रयामासुःthey consulted, took counsel

समेत्यhaving come together

अशुभदर्शनाःof inauspicious outlook/appearance

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Ābhīras

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Greed (lobha) destroys discernment (viveka implied by cetas being ‘overpowered’), leading people into coordinated wrongdoing; moral failure is shown as both an inner collapse of judgment and an outward turn to harmful counsel.

What is happening in the narrative?

After the preceding events, a group identified as the Ābhīras—described as sinful and ill-intentioned—assemble and begin to deliberate together, suggesting the start of a plot or collective action driven by greed.