Shloka 17

धृतराष्ट्रपुत्रनामावलिः (Roster of Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s Children) / Names of the Kauravas in Order

Devanagari script

आ चतुर्दशकाद्‌ वर्षान्न भविष्यति पातकम्‌ | परत: कुर्वतामेवं दोष एव भविष्यति,चौदह वर्षकी उम्रतक किसीको पाप नहीं लगेगा। उससे अधिककी आयुमें पाप करनेवालोंको ही दोष लगेगा

Transliteration

ā caturdaśakād varṣān na bhaviṣyati pātakam | parataḥ kurvatām evaṃ doṣa eva bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

పద్నాలుగు సంవత్సరాల వయస్సు వరకు పాపమని లెక్కించబడదు; ఆ తరువాత ఈ విధంగా చేయువారికే దోషము కలుగును.

Word by Word

आup to; until

चतुर्दशकात्from (the limit of) fourteen (years)

वर्षात्from a year; from years (as a measure)

नnot

भविष्यतिwill be; will occur

पातकम्sin; fault

परतःafter that; beyond that

कुर्वताम्of those who do; of doers

एवम्thus; in this manner

दोषःfault; blame

एवindeed; only

भविष्यतिwill be; will occur

Speaker

अणीमाण्डग्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

Aṇīmāṇḍavya (speaker)

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral culpability is linked to maturity: up to fourteen years one is treated as not incurring sin in the same way, but beyond that age the same conduct becomes blameworthy and generates doṣa (fault).

What is happening in the narrative?

Aṇīmāṇḍavya states a rule about when actions begin to count as pātaka (sin), distinguishing childhood from the age after fourteen, thereby setting a standard for ethical and juridical responsibility.