Shloka 33

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

क्रियमाणे5पवर्गे च यो द्विजो भरतर्षभ । न व्याहरति यद्युक्त तस्याधर्मो गवानृतम्‌

Transliteration

kriyamāṇe ’pavarge ca yo dvijo bharatarṣabha | na vyāharati yadyuktaṃ tasyādharmo gavānṛtam ||

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು— ಓ ಭರತಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠನೇ! ಅಪವರ್ಗ (ಮೋಕ್ಷಪ್ರದ) ಕರ್ಮ ನಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವಾಗ ದ್ವಿಜನು ಯಥೋಚಿತವೂ ವಿಧಿಸಮ್ಮತವೂ ಆದ ವಚನಗಳನ್ನು ಉಚ್ಚರಿಸದೆ ಹೋದರೆ, ಆ ಲೋಪವೇ ಅವನಿಗೆ ಅಧರ್ಮವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ—ಗೋವಿಷಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಳ್ಳು ಹೇಳಿದಷ್ಟೇ ಘೋರ ಪಾಪ.

Word by Word

• क्रियमाणे: when (it is) being done
• क्रियमाणे: अधिकारण
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अपवर्गे: in the rite/ceremony (apavarga)
• अपवर्गे: अधिकारण
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपवर्ग
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• द्विजः: a Brahmin / twice-born
• द्विजः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भरतर्षभ: O bull among the Bharatas
• Type: Noun
• Root: भरत + ऋषभ
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

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

• व्याहरति: utters / speaks out
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ + हृ (धातु) / व्याहृ
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यदि: if
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि

• उक्तम्: what is said / the utterance (to be spoken)
• उक्तम्: कर्म
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अधर्मः: unrighteousness / sin
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गो: cow
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अनृतम्: falsehood / untruth
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनृत
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Bharatarṣabha (address to Yudhiṣṭhira)
• dvija (twice-born)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

In sacred contexts, especially rites aimed at spiritual uplift, silence or failure to recite what is duly prescribed is itself a breach of dharma; ethical responsibility includes speaking the right words at the right time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing Yudhiṣṭhira in the Anuśāsana Parva’s dharma teachings, emphasizes the moral weight of correct ritual speech: neglecting proper utterance during a liberation-oriented rite is counted as serious wrongdoing.