Shloka 27

Devanagari script

अथ चैषा न ते बुद्धि: प्रकृतिं याति भारत । मयैव कथित पूर्व भूलिड्रशकुनिर्यथा,भारत! तुम्हारी बुद्धि ठिकानेपर नहीं आ रही है। मैं यह बात पहले ही बता चुका हूँ कि तुम भूलिंग पक्षीके समान कहते कुछ और करते कुछ हो

Transliteration

atha caiṣā na te buddhiḥ prakṛtiṁ yāti bhārata | mayāiva kathitaṁ pūrvaṁ bhūliḍraśakunir yathā ||

Translation

Namun begitu, wahai Bhārata, pengertianmu tidak juga kembali kepada fitrahnya yang benar. Aku telah mengatakan hal ini dahulu: engkau seperti burung Bhūliḍra—berkata lain, berbuat lain; kata-kata dan perbuatanmu tidak seiring.

Word by Word

अथthen/now

चand

एषाthis (she/this one)

नnot

तेof you/your

बुद्धिःunderstanding, mind

प्रकृतिम्proper state/natural condition

यातिgoes/returns (to)

भारतO Bharata

मयाby me

एवindeed/just

कथितम्said/told

पूर्वम्formerly/before

भूलिड्रशकुनिःthe bhūliḍra-bird (a kind of bird)

यथाas/like

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śiśupāla

Bhārata (addressee)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns inconsistency between speech and action, implying that ethical credibility depends on alignment of one’s words with one’s conduct; otherwise one’s judgment is considered ‘not in its proper state.’

What is happening in the narrative?

In the royal assembly context of the Sabha Parva, Śiśupāla addresses a Bhārata-line figure with a sharp rebuke, accusing him of faulty judgment and of behaving like a proverbial bird that says one thing but does another—part of Śiśupāla’s escalating verbal attack in the court.