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Shloka 9

Nārāyaṇa-tejas: Kṛṣṇa’s Vrata, the Fire-Manifestation, and the Sages’ Inquiry (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय १२६)

Devanagari script

सुरापो5सम्मतादायी भ्रूणहा गुरुतल्पग: । तपसा तरते सर्वमेनसश्न प्रमुच्यते

Transliteration

surāpo 'sammatadāyī bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ | tapasā tarate sarvam enasaś ca pramucyate ||

Translation

സുരാപാനി, ശാസ്ത്രസമ്മതമല്ലാത്ത ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ, ഭ്രൂണഹന്താവ്, ഗുരുശയ്യ ലംഘിക്കുന്നവൻ—ഇവനുപോലും തപസ്സിലൂടെ എല്ലാ പാപവും കടന്ന് കുറ്റബന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

सुरापःa drinker of liquor

असम्मतदायीone who gives what is not approved/unauthorized giver

भ्रूणहाslayer of an embryo (foetus-killer)

गुरुतल्पगःone who goes to the गुरु's bed (violator of the teacher’s bed)

तपसाby austerity/penance

तरतेcrosses over, overcomes

सर्वम्all, everything

एनसःof sin, of guilt

चand

प्रमुच्यतेis released, is freed

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that even the gravest moral transgressions can be overcome through tapas (austerity/penance), implying the possibility of purification and ethical restoration when disciplined expiation is undertaken.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Anuśāsana Parva, Bhīṣma is instructing on dharma and the means of atonement. Here he lists severe offenses and asserts that austerity can enable one to cross beyond sin and be freed from guilt.