Shloka 25

Brāhmaṇa-mahattva and Atithi-Dharma

Brahmagītā: Praise of Brāhmaṇas and norms of honor

Devanagari script

तासां रुदितशब्देन मन्त्रिभृत्यजनस्य च

Transliteration

tāsāṁ ruditāśabdena mantribhṛtyajanasya ca

Translation

അവരുടെ കരച്ചിലിന്റെ ശബ്ദവും മന്ത്രിമാരുടെയും ഭൃത്യജനങ്ങളുടെയും നിലവിളിയും ചേർന്ന് (ആ സ്ഥലം) വിലാപത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• तासाम्: of those (women)
• तासाम्: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• रुदित-शब्देन: by/with the sound of weeping
• रुदित-शब्देन: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुदित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• मन्त्रि-भृत्य-जनस्य: of the group of ministers and servants
• मन्त्रि-भृत्य-जनस्य: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

श्येन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• श्येन (Śyena)
• मन्त्रि (ministers/counselors)
• भृत्य (attendants/servants)
• जन (people)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights how private sorrow becomes a public, communal disturbance—especially in a royal setting—implying an ethical awareness of how actions and misfortunes ripple through dependents, officials, and society.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śyena describes a scene dominated by loud lamentation: the weeping of certain women (tāsām) is joined by the noise and agitation of ministers, attendants, and the wider populace, indicating a moment of crisis or bereavement affecting the whole establishment.