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Shloka 70

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

कृताशं कृतनिर्देशं कृतभक्तं कृतश्रमम्‌ । भेदैयें व्यपकर्षन्ति ते वै निरयगामिन:

kṛtāśaṃ kṛtanirdeśaṃ kṛtabhaktaṃ kṛtaśramam | bhedair enaṃ vyapakarṣanti te vai nirayagāminaḥ ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—വേതനത്തിൽ നിർത്തിയ പരിശ്രമശീലനായ ഭൃത്യന് നൽകുമെന്ന പ്രതീക്ഷയും നൽകേണ്ട സമയനിശ്ചയവും നൽകി, പിന്നെ ഭേദനീതിയാൽ ആ സമയം പൂർത്തിയാകുന്നതിന് മുമ്പേ അവനെ യജമാനന്റെ സേവനത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്താക്കിക്കുന്നവർ—നിശ്ചയമായും നരകഗാമികൾ।

कृताशम्one made hopeful (promised hope)
कृताशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृताश (कृत + आशा)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कृतनिर्देशम्one for whom a time/term has been fixed (given an appointment/assignment)
कृतनिर्देशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतनिर्देश (कृत + निर्देश)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कृतभक्तम्one who has rendered service/loyalty
कृतभक्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतभक्त (कृत + भक्त)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
कृतश्रमम्one who has laboured (done hard work)
कृतश्रमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतश्रम (कृत + श्रम)
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
भेदैःby means of dissensions/stratagems
भेदैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootभेद
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
एनम्him (this person)
एनम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
व्यपकर्षन्तिthey drive away / remove / cause to be dismissed
व्यपकर्षन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootअपकृष् (वि + अप + कृ्ष्)
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
तेthey
ते:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वैindeed / surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
निरयगामिनःhell-goers / destined for hell
निरयगामिनः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिरयगामिन् (निरय + गामिन्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
S
servant (wage-earner)
M
master (employer)

Educational Q&A

It is adharma to manipulate a worker through false promises and then, using intrigue and division, deprive him of his rightful employment or expected payment; such exploitation is said to lead to severe karmic consequence (niraya).

In Bhishma’s instruction on righteous conduct, he condemns those who interfere between a master and a diligent servant—after giving the servant hope and fixed terms—by employing bheda (dissension) to get the servant expelled before the agreed time.