Shloka 353

Devanagari script

पापानां च त्वमावास: कर्मणां मा पुनर्वद । वृष्णिकूलकलंक! तू ही ऐसे-ऐसे पाप करनेवाला और पाप-कर्मोंका भण्डार है, मैं नहीं। अत: फिर ऐसी बातें मुँहले न निकालना

Transliteration

pāpānāṁ ca tvam āvāsaḥ karmaṇāṁ mā punaḥ vada | vṛṣṇikūlakalaṅka |

Translation

ତୁ ହେଉଛୁ ପାପର ଆଶ୍ରୟ ଓ ପାପକର୍ମର ଭଣ୍ଡାର; ମୋତେ ପୁଣି ସେପରି କଥା କହିବୁ ନାହିଁ। ହେ ବୃଷ୍ଣିକୁଳର କଳଙ୍କ! ଏମିତି ପାପ କରୁଥିବା ତୁ ନିଜେ, ଦୁଷ୍କର୍ମ ସଞ୍ଚୟ କରୁଥିବା ମଧ୍ୟ ତୁ ନିଜେ—ମୁଁ ନୁହେଁ; ତେଣୁ ଏପରି ଶବ୍ଦ ପୁଣି ତୋ ମୁଖରୁ ବାହାରିବାକୁ ଦେବୁ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

पापानाम्of sins

चand

त्वम्you

आवासःabode; repository

कर्मणाम्of deeds (actions)

माdo not

पुनःagain

वदspeak; say

वृष्णिकूलकलंकO disgrace of the Vrishni clan

Speaker

धृष्टह्युम्न उवाच

Characters & Entities

Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Vṛṣṇi clan

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 hypocrisy and moral accusation without self-scrutiny: one who is himself a storehouse of wrongdoing should not posture as a judge of another. It also stresses restraint and responsibility in speech—do not repeat slanderous or unethical talk.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the heated context of the Kurukṣetra war, Dhṛṣṭadyumna delivers a sharp rebuke to an opponent/critic, rejecting blame and turning the charge back: he brands the other as a disgrace to the Vṛṣṇi lineage and warns him not to speak such accusations again.