Shloka 12

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 123 — Bhīṣma–Droṇa–Vidura Upadeśa to Duryodhana

Keśava-vākya aftermath

Devanagari script

विपरीता व्वियं वृत्तिरसकृल्लक्ष्यते त्वयि

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | viparītā hy iyaṃ vṛttir asakṛl lakṣyate tvayi |

Translation

ତୁମ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ଏହି ବିପରୀତ ବୃତ୍ତି ବାରମ୍ବାର ଦେଖାଯାଏ। ହେ ଭାରତ! ଏହି ସମୟରେ ତୁମର ଯେ ଦୁରାଗ୍ରହ, ସେ ଅଧର୍ମମୟ; ତାହାର କୌଣସି ଯଥୋଚିତ କାରଣ ମଧ୍ୟ ନାହିଁ। ଏହି ଭୟଙ୍କର ହଠ ଅନିଷ୍ଟକାରକ ଓ ମହାପ୍ରାଣନାଶକ; ତୁମେ ଏହାକୁ ସଫଳ କରିପାରିବ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• विपरीता: contrary, perverse
• विपरीता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विपरीत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वृत्तिः: conduct, tendency, disposition
• वृत्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• असकृत्: repeatedly, again and again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत्

• लक्ष्यते: is seen/observed
• Type: Verb
• Root: लक्ष्
• Form: Present, Passive, Third, Singular

• त्वयि: in you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhārata

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Repeatedly choosing a perverse course and clinging to an unjust demand (durāgraha) is itself adharma; it lacks proper justification and inevitably produces harm, even mass loss of life. Ethical counsel here stresses self-correction before consequences become irreversible.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war negotiations and warnings, the narrator Vaiśampāyana reports a rebuke directed at a ‘Bhārata’ figure, criticizing his recurring contrary behavior and present stubborn insistence, and warning that such a stance cannot truly succeed and will lead to destructive outcomes.