Shloka 32

Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ फलमहिंसाया भूयश्नच कुरुपुंगव । न हि शक्‍्या गुणा वक्तुमपि वर्षशतैरपि

Transliteration

etat phalam ahiṃsāyā bhūyaś ca kuru-puṅgava | na hi śakyā guṇā vaktum api varṣa-śatair api, kuru-śreṣṭha ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ହେ କୁରୁପୁଙ୍ଗବ! ଏହା ଅହିଂସାର ଫଳ; ଏହାଠାରୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଅଧିକ ଅଛି, ହେ କୁରୁଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ! ଅହିଂସାଜନିତ ଗୁଣଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଶତବର୍ଷରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିହେବ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अहिंसाया: of non-violence
• अहिंसाया: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहिंसा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Singular

• भूयः: more, further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• कुरुपुंगव: O bull among the Kurus (best of the Kurus)
• कुरुपुंगव: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुपुंगव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

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

• हि: indeed, for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• शक्याः: possible (able to be)
• शक्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• गुणाः: qualities, merits
• गुणाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वक्तुम्: to speak, to describe
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• अपि: even, also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वर्षशतैः: by hundreds of years (even in a hundred years)
• वर्षशतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्षशत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अपि: even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Kurus
• कुरुश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Kuru (dynasty/lineage)
• Kuru-pungava (address to a Kuru prince, likely Yudhishthira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Ahiṃsā (non-violence) yields immense spiritual and ethical merit; its benefits are so vast that they cannot be exhaustively articulated, even over an entire century.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising a Kuru ruler (traditionally Yudhishthira), emphasizing the supreme value of non-violence and praising its immeasurable rewards.