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Shloka 6

Strī-satkāra (On honoring women) — Mahābhārata 13.46

नमां कश्चिद्‌ विजानीत इति कृत्वा न विश्वसेत्‌ नरो रहसि पापात्मा पापकं कर्म वै द्विज,ब्रह्मन! पापात्मा मनुष्य एकान्तमें पापकर्म करके ऐसा विश्वास न करे कि कोई मुझे इस पापकर्ममें लिप्त नहीं जानता है

na māṃ kaścid vijānīta iti kṛtvā na viśvaset naro rahasi pāpātmā pāpakaṃ karma vai dvija brahman

విపులుడు అన్నాడు—ఓ ద్విజ బ్రాహ్మణా! ‘నన్నెవ్వరూ తెలుసుకోరు’ అని భావించి పాపబుద్ధిగల మనిషి రహస్యంగా పాపకర్మ చేసి నమ్మకంగా ఉండకూడదు. ఏకాంతంలో చేసిన అధర్మం ఎవరికీ తెలియదని అనుకోవడం మోహమే; అది పాపఫలాన్ని మరింత పెంచుతుంది.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formcommon, accusative, singular
कश्चित्someone, anyone
कश्चित्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootकश्चित्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
विजानीतmight know, should know
विजानीत:
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा
Formoptative (vidhi-lin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
कृत्वाhaving done (having thought/decided)
कृत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), active
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
विश्वसेत्should trust/believe
विश्वसेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootविश्वस्
Formoptative (vidhi-lin), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
रहसिin secret, privately
रहसि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरहस्
Formneuter, locative, singular
पापात्माsinful-souled, wicked
पापात्मा:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootपापात्मन्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
पापकंsinful, evil
पापकं:
TypeAdjective
Rootपापक
Formneuter, accusative, singular
कर्मdeed, act
कर्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन्
Formneuter, accusative, singular
वैindeed, surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
द्विजO twice-born (brahmin)
द्विज:
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज
Formmasculine, vocative, singular

विपुल उवाच

V
Vipula
B
Brahmin (dvija)

Educational Q&A

Do not rely on the illusion of secrecy to justify wrongdoing. Even if others do not witness an act, the moral law (karma), one’s own conscience, and the larger order of dharma make the deed consequential and ultimately ‘known’ in its results.

Vipula is instructing a Brahmin (addressed as ‘dvija’ and ‘brahman’) in ethical conduct, warning against committing sinful acts in private under the assumption that no one will find out.