Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कुतः कृतघ्नस्य यश: कुतः स्थान कुत: सुखम्‌ | अश्रद्धेय: कृतघ्नो हि कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृति:,“कृतघ्न मनुष्यको सुयश कहाँ? स्थान या प्रतिष्ठा कहाँ और सुख भी कहाँ है? कृतघ्न मानव अविश्वसनीय होता है, उसका कभी उद्धार नहीं होता है

Transliteration

kutaḥ kṛtaghnasya yaśaḥ kutaḥ sthānaṃ kutaḥ sukham | aśraddheyaḥ kṛtaghno hi kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ ||

Translation

Nārada disse: “Como poderia o ingrato alcançar verdadeira fama? Como obteria posição e honra, e como encontraria felicidade? Pois o ingrato não é digno de confiança; e para o ingrato não há expiação—não há redenção real.”

Word by Word

कुतःwhence? how (possible)?

कृतघ्नस्यof an ungrateful person

यशःfame, good repute

कुतःwhence? how (possible)?

स्थानम्position, standing, status

कुतःwhence? how (possible)?

सुखम्happiness, comfort

अश्रद्धेयःuntrustworthy, not to be trusted

कृतघ्नःan ungrateful person

हिindeed, for

कृतघ्नेin/with regard to an ungrateful person

नnot

अस्तिis/exists

निष्कृतिःatonement, redemption, deliverance

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Gratitude is a foundational ethical duty: without it, a person becomes untrustworthy and forfeits fame, social standing, and inner happiness; the text stresses that ingratitude is a grave moral failure with no easy atonement.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Udyoga Parva, Nārada delivers a moral admonition within the broader pre-war counsel and negotiations, warning that thanklessness undermines dharma and makes a person socially and spiritually irredeemable.