Shloka 43

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

उत्तरापथजन्मान: कीर्तयिष्यामि तानपि | यौनकाम्बोजगान्धारा: किराता बर्बरै: सह

Transliteration

uttarāpathajanmānaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi tān api | yaunāḥ kāmbojagāndhārāḥ kirātā barbaraiḥ saha ||

Translation

ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຂ້າຈະລຽນນາມຜູ້ທີ່ເກີດໃນເສັ້ນທາງພາກເໜືອ (ອຸດຕະຣາປະຖະ) ດ້ວຍ: ຢົນະ, ກຳໂບຊະ, ຄັນທາຣະ, ກິຣາຕະ ພ້ອມດ້ວຍ ບັຣບະຣະ.»

Word by Word

• उत्तरापथजन्मानः: those born in the northern route/region
• उत्तरापथजन्मानः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तरापथजन्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कीर्तयिष्यामि: I shall mention/proclaim
• कीर्तयिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कीर्तय्
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• यौना: the Yaunas (Ionians/Greeks)
• यौना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौन
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• काम्बोजगान्धाराः: the Kambojas and Gandharas
• काम्बोजगान्धाराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम्बोजगान्धार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• किराताः: the Kiratas
• किराताः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: किरात
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• बर्बरैः: with the Barbarians (Barbaras)
• बर्बरैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्बर
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Uttarāpatha
• Yauna
• Kāmboja
• Gāndhāra
• Kirāta
• Barbara

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse supports Bhīṣma’s broader instruction by classifying peoples and regions, implying that a ruler’s dharma includes knowing the wider world—its communities, frontiers, and cultural diversity—so governance and policy can be applied with discernment rather than ignorance.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Bhīṣma is listing groups associated with the northern tract (Uttarāpatha). He continues an enumeration of peoples, naming Yaunas, Kāmbojas, Gāndhāras, Kirātas, and Barbaras as part of that northern sphere.