Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अपिः चेत्‌ सुदुराचारो3 भजते मामनन्यभाक्‌ । साधुरेव स मन्तव्य: सम्यग्व्यवसितो हि सः

Transliteration

api cet sudurācāro bhajate mām ananyabhāk | sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyagvyavasito hi saḥ ||

Translation

ແມ່ນແຕ່ຜູ້ໃດຈະມີຄວາມປະພຶດຊົ່ວຢ່າງຫນັກ ຖ້າເຂົາບູຊາພຣະອົງດ້ວຍພັກດີທີ່ບໍ່ແບ່ງໃຈ ກໍຄວນນັບວ່າເປັນຄົນດີ—ເພາະຄວາມຕັ້ງໃຈຂອງເຂົາມຸ່ງໄປຖືກທາງ. ຂໍ້ທາງຈັນຍາຄື ການຫັນໃຈຢ່າງຈິງໃຈແລະເອກະພາບໄປຫາພຣະເຈົ້າ ແມ່ນການປ່ຽນແປງພາຍໃນຢ່າງຕັດສິນ; ການຕັດສິນຈຶ່ງຄວນເບິ່ງເຈດຕະນາທີ່ປ່ຽນແປງນັ້ນ ບໍ່ແມ່ນເບິ່ງແຕ່ຄວາມຜິດໃນອະດີດເທົ່ານັ້ນ.

Word by Word

अपिeven; also

चेत्if

सुदुराचारःa very evil-doer / of very bad conduct

भजतेworships; serves; resorts to

माम्me

अनन्यभाक्with exclusive devotion; having no other (object)

साधुःgood; righteous

एवindeed; certainly

सःhe

मन्तव्यःto be considered; should be regarded

सम्यक्properly; rightly

व्यवसितःresolved; firmly determined

हिfor; indeed

सःhe

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

Krishna

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?

Exclusive devotion to the Divine can signify a decisive ethical turning point: even someone with a flawed past should be regarded as ‘good’ when their commitment is firmly and rightly set, because sincere devotion initiates inner reform and reorientation toward dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Bhagavad Gita dialogue within the Bhishma Parva, Arjuna is in conversation with Krishna on the battlefield. This verse conveys Krishna’s principle that unwavering devotion is a powerful marker of spiritual and moral realignment, shaping how one should evaluate a person’s character amid the broader crisis of war and duty.