Shloka 75

उपदेशदोषप्रसङ्गः (Upadeśa-doṣa-prasaṅgaḥ) — The Risk of Misapplied Counsel

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातमुपदेशकृते मया । महान्‌ क्लेशो हि भवति तस्मान्नोपदिशेदिह

Transliteration

etad te sarvam ākhyātam upadeśa-kṛte mayā | mahān kleśo hi bhavati tasmān nopadiśed iha ||

Translation

एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातमुपदेशकृते मया । महान्क्लेशो हि भवति तस्मान्नोपदिशेदिह ॥

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (all this)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातम्: told/declared
• आख्यातम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) → आख्यात (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• उपदेशकृते: for the purpose of instruction / in the matter of instruction
• उपदेशकृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपदेशकृत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• महान्: great
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्लेशः: trouble/distress
• क्लेशः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• भवति: arises/is
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• उपदिशेत्: should instruct/teach
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-दिś् (उपदिश्)
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इह: here/in this context
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Instruction should be given with discernment: teaching those who are unfit or unreceptive leads to trouble for the instructor; therefore counsel should not be offered indiscriminately.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma concludes a segment of counsel by telling his listener that he has explained everything for the sake of guidance, and he adds a caution about the risks of advising those without proper eligibility.