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Shloka 5

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

निदर्शनमिदं राजन्‌ शृणु मे भरतर्षभ । दुरुक्तवचने राजन्‌ यथापूर्व युधिष्ठिर,भरतभूषण राजा युधिष्ठिर! इस विषयमें एक दृष्टान्त सुनो, जो दुःखमें पड़े हुए एक नीच जातिके पुरुषको उपदेश देनेसे सम्बन्धित है

nidārśanam idaṃ rājan śṛṇu me bharatarṣabha | duruktavacane rājan yathāpūrva yudhiṣṭhira ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—രാജാവേ, ഭാരതകുലശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ, എന്റെ വായിൽ നിന്ന് ഈ ദൃഷ്ടാന്തം കേൾക്കുക. പണ്ടുകാലത്ത് പറഞ്ഞതുപോലെ, ഇത് കടുത്തതും ദുഷ്‌വചനവുമായ വാക്കുകളുടെ ഫലത്തെക്കുറിച്ചാണ്.

निदर्शनम्example, illustration
निदर्शनम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनिदर्शन
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
शृणुhear, listen
शृणु:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormImperative, Second, Singular
मेof me, my
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
भरतर्षभO bull among the Bharatas
भरतर्षभ:
TypeNoun
Rootभरतर्षभ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
दुरुक्तवचनेin/with regard to harsh/ill-spoken words
दुरुक्तवचने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदुरुक्तवचन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
राजन्O king
राजन्:
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
यथाas, just as
यथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Bharatas (as a lineage reference)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma introduces a moral illustration to warn that harsh or improper speech (durukta-vacana) has serious ethical consequences; a king should practice restraint and propriety in words.

Bhīṣma addresses King Yudhiṣṭhira and begins an instructive story (nidārśana), signaling that an older precedent will be recounted to explain the issue of ill-spoken words.