Mahabharata — Shalya Parva, Shloka 56

अध्याय ३: कृपस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति नीत्युपदेशः

Kṛpa’s Counsel to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

पितामहैराचरितं न धर्म हातुमरहथ

Transliteration

pitāmahair ācaritaṃ na dharmaṃ hātum arhatha

Translation

စဉ္ဇယက ပြောသည်– «ဘိုးဘွားကြီးများက လိုက်နာထိန်းသိမ်းခဲ့တဲ့ ဓမ္မကို သင်တို့ မစွန့်လွှတ်သင့်ဘူး»။

Word by Word

• पितामहैः: by the grandsires/ancestors
• पितामहैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Plural

• आचरितम्: practised/observed
• आचरितम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• धर्मम्: dharma/righteous duty
• धर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• हातुम्: to abandon/give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा
• Form: Infinitive

• अर्हथ: you (all) ought/are fit
• अर्हथ: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह्
• Form: Present, Second, Plural

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• संजय (Sañjaya)
• पितामह (grandsires/ancestors)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One should not discard dharma that has been validated by long-standing ancestral practice; ethical conduct gains authority through the tested example of revered elders.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events to Dhṛtarāṣṭra, conveys an admonitory statement urging adherence to the traditional dharma upheld by the elders, framing the war-time decisions within inherited moral standards.