Shloka 100

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

तथैव व्यभिचारेण न वर्तन्ते परस्परम्‌

Transliteration

tathaiva vyabhicāreṇa na vartante parasparam

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—అదేవిధంగా వారు పరస్పరమున వ్యభిచారముగా ప్రవర్తించరు; ఆ పరస్పర బంధమును ద్రోహించరు.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• व्यभिचारेण: by transgression/infidelity/deviation
• व्यभिचारेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यभिचार
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• वर्तन्ते: they behave/live/act
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (वर्तते)
• Form: Lat, Present, Atmanepada, Third, Plural

• परस्परम्: mutually, with one another
• परस्परम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds mutual fidelity as a dharmic norm: ethical relationships are sustained when neither party violates trust through vyabhicāra (infidelity or moral deviation).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he is describing standards of proper conduct; here he emphasizes that people (especially spouses/partners, by context) should not act toward each other with betrayal, but maintain mutual loyalty.