Shloka 53

उत्पातवर्णनम् (Utpāta-varṇanam) — Catalogue of Portents

Devanagari script

धर्म्य देशय पन्थानं समर्थों ह्सि वारणे । क्षुद्रे जातिवरध॑ प्राहुर्मा कुरुष्व ममाप्रियम्‌

Transliteration

dharmaṃ deśaya panthānaṃ samartho 'si vāraṇe | kṣudre jātivadhāḥ prāhur mā kuruṣva mamāpriyam ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຈົ່ງສອນພວກເຂົາໃຫ້ເດີນຕາມທາງແຫ່ງທຳມະ. ເຈົ້າສາມາດຫ້າມພວກເຂົາໄດ້. ການຂ້າຍາດຂອງຕົນ ຖືກປະກາດວ່າເປັນກຳທີ່ຕ່ຳຊ້າທີ່ສຸດ—ເປັນສິ່ງທີ່ຂ້ອຍລັງກຽດຢ່າງຫຼາຍ. ຢ່າເຮັດການອັນໜັກໜ່ວງນີ້ເລີຍ»។

Word by Word

• धर्म्यम्: righteous, in accordance with dharma
• धर्म्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• देशय: instruct/teach (you should instruct)
• देशय: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दिश्
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पन्थानम्: path, course (of conduct)
• पन्थानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्थन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• समर्थः: capable, able
• समर्थः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असि: you are
• असि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वारणे: in restraining/stopping
• वारणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारण
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• क्षुद्रे: in a base/mean (act)
• क्षुद्रे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षुद्र
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• जाति-वधे: in the killing of one’s own kin/clan
• जाति-वधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति-वध
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• प्राहुः: they have said/call
• प्राहुः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+अह्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• मा: do not (prohibitive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• कुरुष्व: do (for yourself); perform
• कुरुष्व: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular, Atmanepada

• मम: of me; to me (my)
• मम: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अप्रियम्: unpleasant, disagreeable (thing)
• अप्रियम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Kauravas (implied by context of kin-slaying)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One who has influence must actively guide others toward dharma and prevent wrongdoing; violence against one’s own kin is portrayed as especially blameworthy and should be avoided.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the war-context of Bhīṣma-parvan, a speaker urges a powerful figure to counsel and restrain his own side, warning that clan-killing is a disgraceful act and personally intolerable.