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Shloka 15

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

कस्यचित्‌ त्वथ कालस्य वृत्रहा कुरुनन्दन,कुरुनन्दन! उस समय वृत्रविनाशक इन्द्र लोक-हितकी कामनासे स्वर्गकी ओर जा रहे थे। महातेजस्वी इन्द्रको युद्धभूमिसे निकलकर जाते देख ब्रह्महत्या कुछ ही कालमें उनके पास जा पहुँची

kasyacit tv atha kālasya vṛtrahā kurunandana | kurunandana! us samaya vṛtravinaśaka indra loka-hitakī kāmanā se svarga kī ora jā rahe the | mahātejasvī indra ko yuddhabhūmi se nikalakara jāte dekh brahmahatyā kucha hī kāla meṃ unake pāsa jā pahuṃcī ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു— കുറെ സമയത്തിന് ശേഷം, കുരുനന്ദനേ! വൃത്രഹന്തനായ ഇന്ദ്രൻ ലോകഹിതം ആഗ്രഹിച്ച് സ്വർഗ്ഗത്തേക്ക് പുറപ്പെട്ടു. യുദ്ധഭൂമിയിൽ നിന്ന് പുറപ്പെടുന്ന ആ മഹാതേജസ്വിയായ ശക്രനെ കണ്ട ഉടൻ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാ അല്പസമയത്തിനകം വേഗത്തിൽ അവനെ പിന്തുടർന്ന് എത്തി.

कस्यचित्of some (unspecified)
कस्यचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकस्यचित् (किम् + चित्)
Formindeclinable (genitive-like sense: 'of some')
तुbut/indeed
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
Formindeclinable
अथthen/now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
Formindeclinable
कालस्यof time/after some time
कालस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootकाल
Formmasculine, genitive, singular
वृत्रहाVṛtra-slayer (Indra)
वृत्रहा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्रहन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
कुरुनन्दनO joy of the Kurus
कुरुनन्दन:
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुनन्दन
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
I
Indra
V
Vṛtra
B
Brahmahatyā
S
Svarga
K
Kurunandana (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

Even actions undertaken with a proclaimed public good (loka-hita) do not automatically erase grave moral transgression; the consequences of adharma—here personified as Brahmahatyā—pursue the agent until properly addressed through expiation, restraint, and restoration of dharma.

Indra, famed for killing Vṛtra, departs the battlefield toward heaven with the intention of benefiting the worlds. As he leaves, Brahmahatyā—the embodied consequence of brahmin-slaying—quickly approaches and overtakes him, signaling that his victory is shadowed by unresolved guilt and karmic burden.