Shloka 79

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

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

Devanagari script

अप्राप्तदमकाश्रैव नासानां वेधकाश्ष ये । बन्धकाश्व पशूनां ये ते वै निरयगामिन:,जो काबूमें न आनेवाले पशुओंका दमन करते, नाथते अथवा कटपरेमें बंद करते हैं, वे नरकगामी होते हैं

Transliteration

aprāptadamakaś caiva nāsānāṃ vedhakaś ca yaḥ | bandhakaś ca paśūnāṃ yaḥ sa vai nirayagāmī ||

Translation

ພີດສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ຜູ້ໃດທີ່ບັງຄັບຂົ່ມເຫັງສັດທີ່ບໍ່ອາດຝຶກໃຫ້ເຊື່ອຟັງໄດ້ຢ່າງຖືກທາງ, ຜູ້ທີ່ເຈາະຫຼືເຮັດໃຫ້ດັງບາດເຈັບເພື່ອຄວບຄຸມ, ຫຼືຜູ້ທີ່ມັດຈອງແລະຂັງໄວ້—ຜູ້ນັ້ນຖືກກ່າວວ່າຈະໄປນະລົກ. ຄໍາສອນນີ້ຊີ້ວ່າ ຄວາມໂຫດຮ້າຍແລະການບັງຄັບຈຳກັດຕໍ່ສັດຜູ້ອ່ອນແອ ແມ່ນຂັດກັບທຳມະ ແລະນຳມາຜົນກຳອັນໜັກ.

Word by Word

• अप्राप्तदमकाः: those who subdue (animals) not yet tamed / not amenable to control
• अप्राप्तदमकाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्राप्त-दमक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• अश्रैव: indeed / surely (emphatic particle; reading uncertain)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अश्रैव (अव्यय/निपात)

• नासानाम्: of the noses (nostrils)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

• वेधकाः: piercers (those who pierce)
• वेधकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बन्धकाः: binders (those who bind)
• बन्धकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• पशूनाम्: of animals
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• ये: who
• ये: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय/निपात)

• निरयगामिनः: hell-goers / destined for hell
• निरयगामिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरय-गामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• paśu (animals/cattle)
• niraya (hell)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Cruel control of animals—especially by painful methods like piercing the nose or by harsh confinement—violates dharma and leads to severe karmic demerit, described here as a hell-bound destiny.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma (Anuśāsana Parva), he lists actions that constitute wrongdoing; this verse condemns specific forms of animal cruelty and declares their grave consequence.