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Shloka 10

Vītahavya’s Attainment of Brāhmaṇya (Vītahavya–Vipratva) | वीतहव्यस्य ब्राह्मण्यप्राप्तिः

ततः षष्टिगुणे काले राजन्यो नाम जायते । ततः षष्टिगुणे काले लभते ब्रह्मबन्धुताम्‌

tataḥ ṣaṣṭiguṇe kāle rājanyo nāma jāyate | tataḥ ṣaṣṭiguṇe kāle labhate brahmabandhutām ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— അതിനുശേഷം അറുപതിരട്ടി കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ അവൻ രാജന്യൻ, അഥവാ ക്ഷത്രിയ-യോനിയിൽ ജനിക്കുന്നു; പിന്നെയും അറുപതിരട്ടി കാലം കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ ‘ബ്രഹ്മബന്ധു’വിന്റെ വീട്ടിൽ ജന്മം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു—വംശത്തിൽ ബ്രാഹ്മണനായിട്ടും ആചാരത്തിൽ പതിതനായവൻ.

ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
षष्टि-गुणेin (a time) sixtyfold
षष्टि-गुणे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्टिगुण
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
कालेin time/at a time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
राजन्यःa Kshatriya (royal-class man)
राजन्यः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootराजन्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नामby name/as (called)
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
TypeVerb
Rootजन्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
ततःthen/thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
षष्टि-गुणेin (a time) sixtyfold
षष्टि-गुणे:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootषष्टिगुण
FormMasculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular
कालेin time/at a time
काले:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
लभतेattains/obtains
लभते:
TypeVerb
Rootलभ्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
ब्रह्म-बन्धुताम्the state of being a brahma-bandhu (a Brahmin only by relation; fallen Brahmin)
ब्रह्म-बन्धुताम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मबन्धुता
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
R
rājanya (Kṣatriya)
B
brahma-bandhu (fallen Brahmin)

Educational Q&A

Bhīṣma emphasizes karmic consequence unfolding over vast stretches of time: moral and spiritual decline can lead to progressively lower or compromised social-spiritual conditions of birth, culminating in being a ‘brahma-bandhu’—Brahmin by lineage but deprived of true Brahminical conduct.

In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he describes a sequence of rebirths measured by ‘sixtyfold’ periods: first a birth as a Kṣatriya, and later a birth in the family of a fallen Brahmin, illustrating delayed but inevitable fruition of actions.