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Shloka 13

Indra–Mataṅga Saṃvāda: On the rarity and responsibilities of Brāhmaṇya (इन्द्र-मतङ्ग संवादः)

अयं तु पापप्रकृतिर्बाले न कुरुते दयाम्‌ | स्वयोनिं मानयत्येष भावो भावं नियच्छति

ayaṁ tu pāpaprakṛtir bāle na kurute dayām | svayoniṁ mānayaty eṣa bhāvo bhāvaṁ niyacchati ||

ഇവൻ സ്വഭാവതഃ പാപപ്രകൃതിയുള്ളവൻ; അതുകൊണ്ട് മറ്റൊരാളുടെ കുഞ്ഞിനോട് കരുണ കാണിക്കുന്നില്ല. ഈ ദുഷ്കൃത്യത്തിലൂടെ അവൻ തന്റെ ചാണ്ഡാല-യോനിയുടെ പേരുകീർത്തി മാത്രമേ വർധിപ്പിക്കുകയുള്ളൂ. സത്യത്തിൽ, ജന്മജാത സ്വഭാവം തന്നെയാണ് മനസ്സിന്റെ ചലനങ്ങളെ നിയന്ത്രിക്കുന്നത്.

अयम्this (man)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
पापप्रकृतिःone of sinful nature
पापप्रकृतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपापप्रकृति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
बालेtowards/in the case of a child
बाले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootबाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
कुरुतेdoes/shows
कुरुते:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
दयाम्compassion
दयाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootदया
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
स्वयोनिम्his own birth/caste
स्वयोनिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वयोनि
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
मानयतिhonors/esteems
मानयति:
TypeVerb
Rootमान्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
एषःthis (one)
एषः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भावःdisposition/nature
भावः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भावम्mental state/disposition
भावम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभाव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
नियच्छतिrestrains/controls
नियच्छति:
TypeVerb
Rootयम्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada, नि

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
A
a child (bāla)

Educational Q&A

Bhishma emphasizes that a person’s ingrained disposition (bhāva/prakṛti) strongly shapes and governs mental impulses and ethical behavior; lack of compassion reveals a corrupt nature and leads to further moral degradation.

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma, he comments on a cruel individual who shows no mercy to a child, interpreting this act as evidence of a sinful temperament and as conduct that reinforces the person’s degraded social identity.