Shloka 9
Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya
Devanagari script
शुक्राच्च तात सम्भूतिर्मांसस्येह न संशय: । भक्षणे तु महान् दोषो निवृत्त्या पुण्यमुच्यते
Transliteration
śukrāc ca tāta sambhūtir māṁsasy eha na saṁśayaḥ | bhakṣaṇe tu mahān doṣo nivṛttyā puṇyam ucyate, tāta ||
Translation
शुक्राच्च तात सम्भूतिर्मांसस्येह न संशयः। भक्षणे तु महान् दोषो निवृत्त्या पुण्यमुच्यते॥
Word by Word
शुक्रात्from semen
शुक्रात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootशुक्र
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
तातdear (son), O child
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
सम्भूतिःorigin, production
सम्भूतिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसम्भूति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
मांसस्यof flesh/meat
मांसस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootमांस
FormNeuter, Genitive, Singular
इहhere (in this matter/world)
इह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
संशयःdoubt
संशयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंशय
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भक्षणेin eating/consumption
भक्षणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभक्षण
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
तुbut, however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
महान्great
महान्:
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
दोषःfault, sin
दोषः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootदोष
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निवृत्त्याby abstaining/cessation
निवृत्त्या:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनिवृत्ति
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
पुण्यम्merit, virtue
पुण्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
उच्यतेis said/declared
उच्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPresent, Passive, Third, Singular
तातO dear one
तात:
TypeNoun
Rootतात
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Meat-eating is presented as ethically blameworthy (doṣa), and abstaining from it (nivṛtti) is praised as a source of religious merit (puṇya).
In the Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction on dharma, Bhīṣma addresses a listener as “tāta” and argues against meat consumption, grounding the admonition in a view of meat’s bodily origin and concluding that virtue lies in refraining.