Shanti Parva Adhyaya 10 Shloka 3 - Mahabharata | Russian | Vedapath

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Shloka 3

Devanagari script

क्षमानुकम्पा कारुण्यमानृशंस्यं न विद्यते । क्षात्रमाचरतो मार्गमपि बन्धोस्त्वदन्तरे

Transliteration

kṣamānukampā kāruṇyam ānṛśaṃsyaṃ na vidyate | kṣātram ācarato mārgam api bandhos tvad-antare ||

Translation

Бхима сказал: «У того, кто следует пути кшатрия, не бывает ни прощения, ни сострадания, ни жалости, ни мягкой не-жестокости—даже к собственным родичам. Если так, то почему эти чувства всё ещё поднимаются в твоём сердце?»

Word by Word

क्षमाforgiveness

अनुकम्पाcompassion

कारुण्यम्pity, mercy

आनृशंस्यम्non-cruelty, kindness

नnot

विद्यतेexists, is found

क्षात्रम्kshatriya-like, warriorly (conduct)

आचरतःof one practicing/following

मार्गम्path, course

अपिeven

बन्धोःof a kinsman/brother

त्वत्from you, than you

अन्तरेotherwise, apart; in between

Speaker

भीम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīma

a kinsman/brother (bandhu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a tension within kṣatriya-dharma: the warrior’s path tends to harden the heart, pushing aside forgiveness and compassion even toward relatives; Bhīma questions why such soft virtues still persist in the listener’s heart, implying an ethical debate between duty and humane restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīma addresses another person (implicitly his brother/kinsman) and argues from the standpoint of warrior conduct: since a kṣatriya must act decisively and without softness even toward kin, he challenges the presence of compassion in the other’s heart, pressing for a stance consistent with martial duty.