Shanti Parva Adhyaya 265 Shloka 51 - Mahabharata | Kannada | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 51

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

चिरकारी शस्त्र त्यागकर अपने पिताको प्रणाम कर रहे हैं ईर्ष्याजं व्यसन प्राहुस्तेन चैवोर्ध्वरेतस: । ईर्ष्यया त्वहमाक्षिप्तो मग्नो दुष्कृतसागरे

Transliteration

īrṣyājaṃ vyasanaṃ prāhus tena caivordhvaretaḥ | īrṣyayā tv aham ākṣipto magno duṣkṛtasāgare ||

Translation

ಭೀಷ್ಮನು ಹೇಳಿದರು—ಊರ್ಧ್ವರೇತಸ ಮುನಿಯು ಹೇಳುವಂತೆ, ಆ ಪ್ರಮಾದದಿಂದಲೇ ಈರ್ಷ್ಯಾಜನಿತ ವಿಪತ್ತು ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತದೆ. ಈರ್ಷ್ಯೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ದುಷ್ಕೃತ್ಯಗಳ ಸಾಗರಕ್ಕೆ ತಳ್ಳಿದೆ; ನಾನು ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಮುಳುಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ.

Word by Word

ईर्ष्याजम्born of envy

व्यसनम्calamity, misfortune

प्राहुःthey said/declare

तेनby that, because of that

चand

एवindeed, just

ऊर्ध्वरेतसःthe celibate/continent one (lit. one whose semen is upward)

ईर्ष्ययाby envy

तुbut, however

अहम्I

आक्षिप्तःthrown, cast

मग्नःsunk, immersed

दुष्कृतसागरेin the ocean of evil deeds/sin

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Urdhvaretas (sage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Jealousy (īrṣyā), arising from heedlessness (pramāda), becomes a destructive vice that drags a person into wrongdoing; vigilance and self-restraint are implied as the antidotes.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma cites the authority of the sage Urdhvaretas and confesses his own moral downfall: jealousy struck him and plunged him into a figurative ‘ocean of sin,’ expressing remorse and warning against envy.