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Shloka 28

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

भीष्म उवाच तथेति तां प्राह तदा ब्रह्म॒वध्यां पितामह: । उपायत: स शक्रस्य ब्रह्म॒वध्यां व्यपोहत

bhīṣma uvāca | tatheti tāṁ prāha tadā brahmavadhyāṁ pitāmahaḥ | upāyataḥ sa śakrasya brahmavadhyāṁ vyapohat |

భీష్ముడు అన్నాడు—“తథాస్తు.” అప్పుడు పితామహుడు బ్రహ్మదేవుడు బ్రహ్మహత్యారూపిణి (బ్రహ్మవధ్య)తో—“సరే; నీకు నివాసాన్ని ఏర్పాటు చేస్తాను” అని చెప్పి, ఉపాయంతో శక్రుని (ఇంద్రుని) మీద అంటుకున్న బ్రహ్మహత్యను తొలగించాడు.

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तथाthus/so
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
इतिthus (quotative)
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
ताम्her/that (f.)
ताम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
प्राहsaid/spoke to
प्राह:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र+अह्
FormPerfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
ब्रह्मवध्याम्Brahma-slaying (sin), brahmahatya
ब्रह्मवध्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मवध्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
पितामहःthe Grandsire (Brahmā)
पितामहः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपितामह
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उपायतःby means/method (lit. from a means)
उपायतः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootउपाय
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
शक्रस्यof Śakra (Indra)
शक्रस्य:
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
ब्रह्मवध्याम्brahmahatya (sin of Brahmin-slaying)
ब्रह्मवध्याम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मवध्या
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
व्यपोहत्removed/drove away
व्यपोहत्:
TypeVerb
Rootवि+अप+उह्
FormImperfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
B
Brahmā (Pitāmaha)
I
Indra (Śakra)
B
Brahmavadhyā (personified brahma-hatyā)

Educational Q&A

Even the highest authority is accountable to dharma: grave wrongdoing generates a real moral taint (here personified as Brahmavadhyā) that must be addressed through an appropriate, dharma-aligned remedy. The text emphasizes responsibility, expiation, and restoration of order rather than denial of guilt.

Bhīṣma recounts that Brahmā assents and speaks to the personified Brahmavadhyā, promising to arrange a place for her; then, by an expedient method, he removes the brahma-slaughter taint that had come upon Indra (Śakra).