Shloka 12

Udyoga Parva, Adhyāya 106: Pūrva-Diśa Praśaṃsā

Praise and Primacy of the Eastern Quarter

Devanagari script

सो<हं पाप: कृतघ्नश्न कृपणश्चानृतोडपि च | गुरोर्य: कृतकार्य: संस्तत्‌ करोमि न भाषितम्‌

Transliteration

so’haṁ pāpaḥ kṛtaghnaś ca kṛpaṇaś cānṛto’pi ca | guror yaḥ kṛtakāryaḥ san tat karomi na bhāṣitam ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「私は罪深い者だ――恩知らずで、吝嗇で、しかも虚言を弄する。師の力によって我が目的は果たされたのに、師に誓ったことをなお果たせずにいる。」

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (I)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• पापः: sinful
• पापः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतघ्नः: ungrateful
• कृतघ्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृपणः: miserly/wretched
• कृपणः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृपण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अनृतः: untruthful/false
• अनृतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• गुरोः: of the teacher
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• कृतकार्यः: one whose purpose is accomplished (having got his work done)
• कृतकार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृतकार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सन्: being
• सन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present active participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that (promise/thing)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• करोमि: I do / I fulfill
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Present (Lat), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

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

• भाषितम्: what was spoken / the spoken word (promise)
• भाषितम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाषित
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• guru (teacher)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One must not become kṛtaghna (ungrateful) after receiving help—especially from a guru. Dharma requires truthfulness and the fulfillment of one’s spoken pledge; failing to repay a benefactor is treated as a serious ethical fault.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada openly condemns his own conduct: he has benefited from his teacher’s assistance, yet he has not carried out the repayment or promised act he had verbally pledged. The verse frames this as a moral lapse involving ingratitude, miserliness, and untruth.