Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अथीनां दुष्कृतां पूजां शिशुपालो व्यवस्यति । दुष्कृतायां यथान्यायं तथायं कर्तुमहति,यदि शिशुपाल इस पूजाको अनुचित मानता है, तो अब उस अनुचित पूजाके विषयमें उसे जो उचित जान पड़े, वैसा करे

Transliteration

adhīnām duṣkṛtāṁ pūjāṁ śiśupālo vyavasyati | duṣkṛtāyāṁ yathānyāyaṁ tathāyaṁ kartum arhati |

Translation

ພີດສະມະກ່າວວ່າ: ຊິຊຸປາລໄດ້ຕັ້ງໃຈຄັດຄ້ານການຖວາຍກຽດນີ້ ໂດຍເຫັນວ່າເປັນການຍົກຍ້ອງທີ່ຜິດ ຫຼືຍົກຍ້ອງຜູ້ບໍ່ຄວນ. ຖ້າເຂົາເຫັນວ່າການບູຊານີ້ບໍ່ສົມຄວນ ກໍໃຫ້ເຂົາດຳເນີນຕາມວິທີທີ່ເຂົາເຫັນວ່າຍຸດຕິທຳ ແລະເໝາະສົມ ຕໍ່ການຍົກຍ້ອງອັນບໍ່ສົມຄວນນັ້ນ.

Word by Word

अथthen/now

एनाम्this (her/this act) [acc.]

दुष्कृताम्improper/ill-done

पूजाम्worship/honour

शिशुपालःShishupala

व्यवस्यतिdecides/determines

दुष्कृतायाम्in/with regard to the improper (act)

यथाas/according to

अन्यायम्justice/propriety (what is right)

तथाso/thus

अयम्this man (he)

कर्तुम्to do

अर्हतिis fit/ought

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Śiśupāla

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?

Honor should align with nyāya (propriety and justice). If someone believes an honor is wrongly bestowed, the response should still be guided by what is right and orderly, not by mere anger or disruption.

What is happening in the narrative?

During the ceremonial context of public honoring, Śiśupāla objects to the chosen recipient of worship. Bhīṣma remarks that if Śiśupāla deems the honor improper, he may act as he thinks just—framing the dispute in terms of propriety rather than personal hostility.