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Shloka 79

योग–सांख्यसमन्वयः, रथोपमा, व्यक्त–अव्यक्तविवेकः

Yoga–Sāṃkhya Synthesis, Chariot Allegory, and the Vyakta–Avyakta Distinction

कृतघ्ना नास्तिका: पापा गुरुदाराभिमर्शिन:

kṛtaghnā nāstikāḥ pāpā gurudārābhimarśinaḥ

သက္ကရာ (အိန္ဒြာ) မိန့်တော်မူသည်—ကျေးဇူးမသိသူ၊ သာသနာသစ္စာကို ငြင်းပယ်သူ၊ အပြစ်ရှိသူ၊ ဆရာ၏ဇနီး၏သန့်ရှင်းမှုကို ဖောက်ဖျက်သူ—ထိုသို့သောသူတို့သည် ဓမ္မနှင့် ကျင့်ဝတ်ဥပဒေ၏ အပြစ်တင်ခြင်းကို ခံရသည်။

कृतघ्नाःungrateful (those who repay good with harm)
कृतघ्नाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootकृतघ्न
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नास्तिकाःatheists/deniers (of dharma/afterlife/authority)
नास्तिकाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनास्तिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
पापाःsinful, wicked
पापाः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपाप
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गुरुदाराभिमर्शिनःthose who violate/touch the wife of the guru (seducers of the teacher’s wife)
गुरुदाराभिमर्शिनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुरुदाराभिमर्शिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

शक्र उवाच

Ś
Śakra (Indra)
G
guru (teacher/preceptor)
G
guru’s wife (gurudārāḥ)

Educational Q&A

The verse identifies grave moral failings—ingratitude, denial of dharma, general sinfulness, and especially violating the guru’s household—as behaviors that place a person outside righteous conduct and invite condemnation and adverse consequences.

Indra (Śakra), speaking within the Shanti Parva’s ethical-discursive setting, lists categories of people marked by serious adharma, emphasizing social and spiritual boundaries—particularly the inviolability of the teacher’s family—as part of moral instruction.