Shloka 70

Devanagari script

कृताशं कृतनिर्देशं कृतभक्तं कृतश्रमम्‌ । भेदैयें व्यपकर्षन्ति ते वै निरयगामिन:,जो वेतनपर रखे हुए परिश्रमी नौकरको कुछ देनेकी आशा देकर और देनेका समय नियत करके उसके पहले ही भेदनीतिके द्वारा उसे मालिकके यहाँसे निकलवा देते हैं, वे अवश्य ही नरकमें जाते हैं

Transliteration

kṛtāśaṃ kṛtanirdeśaṃ kṛtabhaktaṃ kṛtaśramam | bhedair enaṃ vyapakarṣanti te vai nirayagāminaḥ ||

Translation

ภีษมะกล่าวว่า ผู้ใดหว่านความแตกแยกจนทำให้คนรับใช้ผู้ขยัน—ซึ่งถูกจ้างด้วยค่าจ้าง ได้รับคำหวังว่าจะได้รับสิ่งตอบแทน และกำหนดเวลาชำระไว้แล้ว—ต้องถูกขับออกจากนายก่อนครบกำหนด ผู้นั้นย่อมเป็นผู้มุ่งสู่นรกโดยแท้

Word by Word

कृताशम्one made hopeful (promised hope)

कृतनिर्देशम्one for whom a time/term has been fixed (given an appointment/assignment)

कृतभक्तम्one who has rendered service/loyalty

कृतश्रमम्one who has laboured (done hard work)

भेदैःby means of dissensions/stratagems

एनम्him (this person)

व्यपकर्षन्तिthey drive away / remove / cause to be dismissed

तेthey

वैindeed / surely

निरयगामिनःhell-goers / destined for hell

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

servant (wage-earner)

master (employer)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

It is adharma to manipulate a worker through false promises and then, using intrigue and division, deprive him of his rightful employment or expected payment; such exploitation is said to lead to severe karmic consequence (niraya).

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on righteous conduct, he condemns those who interfere between a master and a diligent servant—after giving the servant hope and fixed terms—by employing bheda (dissension) to get the servant expelled before the agreed time.