Shloka 21

राज्ञोऽभिषेकः, अराजकदोषः, दण्डधारणस्य आवश्यकता

Royal Consecration, the Fault of Kinglessness, and the Necessity of Enforcement

Devanagari script

बलात्कृतेषु भूतेषु परित्राणं कुरूद्गह | शरणागतेषु कौरव्य कुर्वन्‌ गार्हस्थ्यमावसेत्‌,कुरुनन्दन! जिन प्राणियोंपर बलात्कार हुआ हो और वे शरणमें आये हों, उनका संकटसे उद्धार करनेवाला पुरुष गार्हस्थ्य-धर्मके पालनसे मिलनेवाले पुण्यफलका भागी होता है

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | balātkṛteṣu bhūteṣu paritrāṇaṃ kuru udgaha | śaraṇāgateṣu kauravya kurvan gārhasthyam āvaset, kurunandana ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「おおクル族の末裔よ、クル家の喜びよ。生きとし生けるものが力ずくで踏みにじられ、庇護を求めて来るならば、これを救い、危難から守らねばならぬ。かく行ずる者は、家住の法（ガールハスティヤ／gārhasthya）に真に安住し、正しく家住を修することから生ずる功徳に与るのである。」

Word by Word

बलात्by force, forcibly

कृतेषुdone/committed (in/among)

भूतेषुin beings/creatures

परित्राणम्protection, rescue

कुरुdo (perform)

उद्गहlift up, raise up (deliver)

शरणागतेषुamong those who have sought refuge

कौरव्यO Kaurava

कुर्वन्doing, while performing

गार्हस्थ्यम्householder’s duty/state

आवसेत्should dwell/live

कुरुनन्दनO joy of the Kurus

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Kauravya (address to a Kuru prince, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

Kurunandana (address to a Kuru prince, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

Śaraṇāgata (those seeking refuge)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes