Shloka 92

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

क्रीडता हि मया बाल्ये वासुदेव महामना: । पांसुरूषितगात्रेण महात्मा परुषीकृत:,“वासुदेव! बचपनमें खेलते समय मैंने अपने धूलि-धूसर शरीरसे उन महामनस्वी महात्माको सदा दूषित किया है

Transliteration

krīḍatā hi mayā bālye vāsudeva mahāmanāḥ | pāṃsurūṣitagātreṇa mahātmā paruṣīkṛtaḥ ||

Translation

ಸಂಜಯನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಓ ವಾಸುದೇವ! ಬಾಲ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಟವಾಡುತ್ತಾ ಧೂಳಿನಿಂದ ಮುಚ್ಚಿದ ದೇಹದಿಂದ ನಾನು ಆ ಮಹಾಮನಸ್ವಿ ಮಹಾತ್ಮನನ್ನು ಅನೇಕ ಬಾರಿ ಕಠೋರವಾಗಿ ವರ್ತಿಸಿ ಕಲుషಿತಗೊಳಿಸಿದ್ದೇನೆ. ಈಗ ಅದನ್ನು ನೆನೆದು ನನ್ನ ತಪ್ಪನ್ನು ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತೇನೆ.

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'krīḍatā', 'definition': 'while playing

• sporting (instrumental of present participle)'}, {'term': 'mayā', 'definition': 'by me

• by myself (instrumental of aham)'}, {'term': 'bālye', 'definition': 'in childhood'}, {'term': 'vāsudeva', 'definition': 'O Vāsudeva

• a name of Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term': 'mahāmanāḥ', 'definition': 'noble-minded

• magnanimous'}, {'term': 'pāṃsu', 'definition': 'dust'}, {'term': 'rūṣita', 'definition': 'soiled

• covered (with)'}, {'term': 'gātra', 'definition': 'body

• limbs'}, {'term': 'pāṃsurūṣitagātreṇa', 'definition': 'with a dust-soiled body (instrumental compound)'}, {'term': 'mahātmā', 'definition': 'great-souled

• exalted person'}, {'term': 'paruṣīkṛtaḥ', 'definition': 'treated harshly/roughly

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even unintended or childish disrespect toward a noble person is ethically weighty; recognizing one’s fault and cultivating humility and reverence are marks of inner growth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa as Vāsudeva and recalls his childhood play, confessing that, with a dust-covered body, he behaved roughly and thereby ‘soiled’ or dishonored a great-souled person.