Shloka 6

अध्याय १३२ — कर्मणा मनसा वाचा: स्वर्गमार्गः तथा आयुर्विपाकः

Adhyāya 132 — The path to heaven through deed, mind, and speech; karmic results for lifespan

Devanagari script

श्रीरुवाच प्रकीर्ण भाजनं यत्र भिन्नभाण्डमथासनम्‌ । योषितश्वैव हन्यते कश्मलोपहते गृहे

Transliteration

śrīr uvāca—prakīrṇa-bhājanaṃ yatra bhinna-bhāṇḍam atha āsanam | yoṣitaś caiva hanyate kaśmalopahate gṛhe ||

Translation

ศรี (พระลักษมี) ตรัสว่า “เรือนใดที่ภาชนะกระจัดกระจาย เครื่องใช้แตกหัก แม้ที่นั่งก็ฉีกขาด และที่ซึ่งสตรีถูกทำร้ายและถูกด่าว่า—เรือนนั้นย่อมมัวหมองด้วยบาป จากเรือนที่มัวหมองเช่นนั้น ในกาลเทศกาลและวันพิธีศักดิ์สิทธิ์ เทพและบรรพชนย่อมหันกลับไปด้วยความผิดหวัง มิรับการบูชาที่ถวาย ณ ที่นั้น”

Word by Word

• श्रीः: Lakṣmī, Fortune
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्रकीर्णम्: scattered, strewn about
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-कीर्ण (कृदन्त; √कॄ/कीर्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भाजनम्: vessel, utensil
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• भिन्नम्: broken, split
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (कृदन्त; √भिद्)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• भाण्डम्: pot, vessel
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अथ: and then/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• आसनम्: seat
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• योषितः: women
• योषितः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: योषित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• हन्यते: is struck/killed (is beaten)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada (passive sense)

• कश्मलोपहते: in (a house) afflicted by sin/defilement
• कश्मलोपहते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कश्मल-उपहत (समास; कृदन्त √हन् with उप-)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• गृहे: in the house
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī (Lakṣmī)
• gṛha (household)
• bhājana/bhāṇḍa (vessels/utensils)
• āsana (seat)
• yoṣitaḥ (women)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A household’s moral and physical order reflects its dharma: disorder, neglect, and especially violence against women create sinful impurity, making the home inauspicious and unfit for receiving divine and ancestral blessings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma reports Śrī (Lakṣmī) speaking about the marks of a fallen household—broken and scattered domestic items and the mistreatment of women—and explains that in such a home, even worship during festivals fails to please the gods and the ancestors.