Shloka 15

Prāyaścitta and Contextual Non-Culpability (प्रायश्चित्त-निमित्त-अदोषवाद)

Devanagari script

मनोरथं तु यो दद्यादेकस्मा अपि भारत | न कीर्तयेत दत्त्वा य: स च पापात्‌ प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

manorathaṃ tu yo dadyād ekasmai api bhārata | na kīrtayet dattvā yaḥ sa ca pāpāt pramucyate ||

Translation

ヴィヤーサは言う。「バーラタよ、たとえただ一人に、その胸の願いを叶える贈り物を与え、与えた後にそれを語り広めぬ者であっても、罪より解き放たれる。」

Word by Word

• मनोरथम्: desired object/wish
• मनोरथम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनोरथ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दद्यात्: should give / would give
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एकस्मै: to one (person)
• एकस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Dative, Singular

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• भारत: O Bharata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• कीर्तयेत्: should proclaim/mention
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दत्त्वा: having given
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा
• Form: Absolutive (ktvā), Parasmaipada

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पापात्: from sin
• पापात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• प्रमुच्यते: is released/freed
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच्
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (Passive)

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Bhārata (address/lineage epithet)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Giving that fulfills another’s genuine need or wish is spiritually effective when it is done without self-praise or public display; such restrained charity helps cleanse the giver of sin.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma, Vyāsa addresses ‘Bhārata’ and teaches a principle of dāna: even a single, sincere gift—kept free from boasting—has strong purificatory value.