Shloka 86

Devanagari script

भाषमाणमकल्याणं शीघ्र हन्यान्नराधमम्‌ । “क्या यहाँ कोई ऐसा पुरुष नहीं है, जो इस प्रकार अभद्रतापूर्ण वचन बोलनेवाले इस पापी नराधमको शीघ्र ही मार डाले

Transliteration

bhāṣamāṇam akalyāṇaṁ śīghraṁ hanyān narādhamam |

Translation

సంజయుడు అన్నాడు—ఈ పాపి నరాధముడు అమంగళకరమైన, అశ్లీలమైన మాటలు పలుకుతున్నాడు; ఇతనిని ఎవడైనా వెంటనే కొట్టి పడవేయాలి.

Word by Word

• भाषमाणम्: speaking
• भाषमाणम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: भाष्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अकल्याणम्: inauspicious, improper
• अकल्याणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अकल्याण
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र

• हन्यात्: should kill / may kill
• हन्यात्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: विधिलिङ्, वर्तमान-आश्रित (optative), प्रथम, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• नराधमम्: the vilest of men
• नराधमम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधम
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that speech is morally consequential: inauspicious, abusive, or dharma-violating words are treated as a serious wrongdoing. The optative ‘hanyāt’ expresses a forceful demand that such harmful speech be immediately checked—reflecting the epic’s emphasis on vāg-dharma (righteous speech) even amid war.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya reports a charged moment in the war narrative where someone’s disgraceful, harmful talk provokes condemnation. He voices an urgent call that the offender—described as ‘narādhama’—be swiftly punished/removed, indicating escalating tension and the perceived danger of adharma expressed through words.