Shloka 17

Devanagari script

राजकिल्बिषिणां तेषां भर्तृपिण्डापहारिणाम्‌ | नैवायं न परो लोको विद्यते पापकर्मणाम्‌

Transliteration

rājakilbiṣiṇāṁ teṣāṁ bhartṛpiṇḍāpahāriṇām | naivāyaṁ na paro loko vidyate pāpakarmaṇām ||

Translation

ଯେମାନେ ରାଜାଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ଅପରାଧ କରନ୍ତି ଓ ନିଜ ସ୍ୱାମୀଙ୍କ ଅନ୍ନ-ଜୀବିକା ଅପହରଣ କରନ୍ତି, ସେହି ପାପକର୍ମୀମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ନ ଏହି ଲୋକରେ, ନ ପରଲୋକରେ—କେଉଁଠି ମଧ୍ୟ କଲ୍ୟାଣ ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• राज: of kings
• राज: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• किल्बिषिणाम्: sinful, guilty
• किल्बिषिणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किल्बिषिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• तेषाम्: of those
• तेषाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• भर्तृ: of the husband/master
• भर्तृ: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पिण्ड: food-morsel, share (of sustenance)
• पिण्ड: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अपहारिणाम्: of those who steal/appropriate
• अपहारिणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपहारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• एव: indeed, certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अयम्: this (one/this world)
• अयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परः: other (world)
• परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकः: world
• लोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विद्यते: exists/is found
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (विद्+य, आत्मनेपद; present of √विद् 'to be found/exist')
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• पाप: sinful/evil
• पाप: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• कर्मणाम्: of deeds/actions
• कर्मणाम्: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

कर्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Karna
• king (rāja)
• master/lord (bhartṛ)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Betrayal of rightful authority and theft of another’s due sustenance are grave adharma; such wrongdoing destroys both worldly stability and otherworldly merit—one loses benefit in this life and in the next.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations, Karna speaks in a condemnatory, moralizing tone, asserting that those who offend the king and deprive a rightful protector/master of his due are doomed to lack welfare here and hereafter.