Shloka 26

Devanagari script

दृष्टवा5<र्तोंडपि हि पापात्मा स तां पज्जरके5क्षिपत्‌ । स्वयं दुःखाभिभूतो5पि दुःखमेवाकरोत्‌ परे

Transliteration

dṛṣṭvā ārtaṃ api hi pāpātmā sa tāṃ pañjarake 'kṣipat | svayaṃ duḥkhābhibhūto 'pi duḥkham evākarot pare ||

Translation

दृष्ट्वाऽऽर्तामपि हि पापात्मा स तां पञ्जरकेऽक्षिपत् । स्वयं दुःखाभिभूतोऽपि दुःखमेवाकरोत् परे ॥

Word by Word

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपद-भाव (indeclinable verbal), —, —, —

• अर्थान्: wealth/possessions
• अर्थान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• पापात्मा: a sinful-minded man
• पापात्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पापात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ताम्: her/that (woman)
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• पञ्जरके: in a cage
• पञ्जरके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्जरक
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अक्षिपत्: threw/put
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप्
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वयम्: himself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• दुःखाभिभूतः: overcome by sorrow
• दुःखाभिभूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखाभिभूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: even/though
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• दुःखम्: sorrow/pain
• दुःखम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एव: only/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अकरोत्: did/caused
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परे: in/for another (person)
• परे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a sinful-minded man (pāpātmā)
• a distressed woman (tām)
• cage (pañjara)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Suffering does not automatically produce virtue: a person of corrupt disposition may, even while suffering, choose to harm others. The ethical lesson is to transform one’s own pain into empathy rather than into further violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a wicked man who, despite seeing a woman (or vulnerable being) in distress, throws her into a cage; even though he himself is afflicted by sorrow, he still inflicts sorrow on another.