Shloka 92

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय ११०: पार्थभीमयोः प्रहारः तथा भीष्माभिमुखं संग्रामविस्तारः

Arjuna and Bhima’s pressure; escalation toward Bhishma

Devanagari script

क्रीडता हि मया बाल्ये वासुदेव महामना: । पांसुरूषितगात्रेण महात्मा परुषीकृत:,“वासुदेव! बचपनमें खेलते समय मैंने अपने धूलि-धूसर शरीरसे उन महामनस्वी महात्माको सदा दूषित किया है

Transliteration

krīḍatā hi mayā bālye vāsudeva mahāmanāḥ | pāṃsurūṣitagātreṇa mahātmā paruṣīkṛtaḥ ||

Translation

Sañjaya berkata: “Wahai Vāsudeva! Pada zaman kanak-kanakku, ketika bermain, aku—dengan tubuh diselaputi debu—sering berlaku kasar dan menodai insan agung yang berhati mulia itu. Kini apabila kuingat kembali, aku mengakui kesalahanku.”

Word by Word

• [{'term': 'krīḍatā', 'definition': 'while playing

• sporting (instrumental of present participle)'}, {'term': 'mayā', 'definition': 'by me

• by myself (instrumental of aham)'}, {'term': 'bālye', 'definition': 'in childhood'}, {'term': 'vāsudeva', 'definition': 'O Vāsudeva

• a name of Kṛṣṇa'}, {'term': 'mahāmanāḥ', 'definition': 'noble-minded

• magnanimous'}, {'term': 'pāṃsu', 'definition': 'dust'}, {'term': 'rūṣita', 'definition': 'soiled

• covered (with)'}, {'term': 'gātra', 'definition': 'body

• limbs'}, {'term': 'pāṃsurūṣitagātreṇa', 'definition': 'with a dust-soiled body (instrumental compound)'}, {'term': 'mahātmā', 'definition': 'great-souled

• exalted person'}, {'term': 'paruṣīkṛtaḥ', 'definition': 'treated harshly/roughly

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even unintended or childish disrespect toward a noble person is ethically weighty; recognizing one’s fault and cultivating humility and reverence are marks of inner growth.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Kṛṣṇa as Vāsudeva and recalls his childhood play, confessing that, with a dust-covered body, he behaved roughly and thereby ‘soiled’ or dishonored a great-souled person.