Shloka 36

Devanagari script

सूचकश्च कदर्यश्च मित्रघ्नो गुरुतल्पगः4.17.36।।लोकं पापात्मनामेते गच्छन्ते नात्र संशयः।

Transliteration

sūcakaś ca kadaryaś ca mitraghno gurutalpagaḥ | lokaṃ pāpātmanām ete gacchante nātra saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

中傷する者、吝嗇な者、友を殺す者、そして師（グル）の寝所を汚す者――かかる罪深き者らは罪人の界へ赴く。これに疑いはない。

Word by Word

• सूचकः: informer, talebearer
• सूचकः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• कदर्यः: miser, mean person
• कदर्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• मित्रघ्नः: friend-killer
• मित्रघ्नः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + घ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कृदन्त (मित्रं हन्ति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• गुरुतल्पगः: one who violates the guru's bed
• गुरुतल्पगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + तल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: गुरोः तल्पः; उपपद: तल्पं गच्छति); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• पापात्मनाम्: of sinners
• पापात्मनाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास (पापः आत्मा यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• गच्छन्ते: go
• गच्छन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: no
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deshadhikarana (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (कर्ता) (in ‘न अत्र संशयः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vāli
• Guru (as an ethical/religious institution)

FAQs

What is the core ethical principle (Dharma) in this verse?

Dharma protects social trust: slander, miserliness that denies duty, betrayal of friendship, and violation of the teacher’s sanctity are portrayed as destructive sins with grave outcomes.

What is the narrative situation?

Continuing his moral indictment, Vāli expands the catalogue of condemned behaviors to argue that unethical acts inevitably lead to suffering.

Which character virtue is emphasized?

Loyalty, reverence for the guru, and integrity in speech—virtues that sustain righteous social order.