Shloka 58

Devanagari script

नराणामशुभं सर्वे व्यपोहन्ति प्रकीर्तिता: । साक्षिभूता महात्मान: पापस्य सुकृतस्य च,ये महात्मा सब मनुष्योंके पाप-पुण्यके साक्षी हैं। इनका नाम लेनेपर ये सब लोग मानवोंके अमंगलका नाश करते हैं

Transliteration

narāṇām aśubhaṁ sarve vyapohanti prakīrtitāḥ | sākṣibhūtā mahātmānaḥ pāpasya sukṛtasya ca ||

Translation

มหาบุรุษเหล่านี้เป็นพยานต่อบาปและบุญของมนุษย์ทั้งหลาย เมื่อมีการสรรเสริญและขานนามของท่านทั้งหลาย ท่านย่อมขจัดความอัปมงคลทั้งปวงที่บังเกิดแก่ผู้คน

Word by Word

• नराणाम्: of men / of humans
• नराणाम्: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अशुभम्: inauspiciousness, evil
• अशुभम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशुभ
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• व्यपोहन्ति: remove, drive away
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + ऊह् (व्यपोहन)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• प्रकीर्तिताः: praised, proclaimed
• प्रकीर्तिताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + कीर्त् (प्रकीर्तित)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• साक्षिभूताः: having become witnesses / being witnesses
• साक्षिभूताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साक्षि + भूत
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past participle (भूत as kṛdanta/adjectival)

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• पापस्य: of sin
• पापस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• सुकृतस्य: of merit / good deed
• सुकृतस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Remembering and praising truly great and righteous beings—those who embody moral awareness and stand as ‘witnesses’ to virtue and vice—has a purifying, protective effect: it helps dispel inauspiciousness and turns the mind toward dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction to Yudhishthira in the Anushasana Parva, he describes the power and moral authority of ‘mahātmans’ who witness human conduct; he states that their praise or invocation removes misfortune for people.