Shloka 57

Devanagari script

छिन्दन्‌ भिन्दन्‌ रुजन्‌ कृन्तन्‌ दारयन्‌ पोथयन्नपि

Transliteration

chindan bhindan rujan kṛntan dārayan pothayann api

Translation

แม้ในยามที่ฟัน ผ่า บดขยี้ สับ ฉีก และกระหน่ำตี—การกระทำอันปลุกเร้าความกร้าวของความรุนแรง—พึงตระหนักถึงน้ำหนักทางศีลธรรมของกรรมเหล่านั้นตามธรรมะ และพึงรู้จักวินัยแห่งการข่มใจเพื่อคุมไว้ให้อยู่ในขอบเขตแห่งธรรมะ

Word by Word

• छिन्दन्: cutting
• छिन्दन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी (कर्तरि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भिन्दन्: splitting, breaking
• भिन्दन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी (कर्तरि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रुजन्: injuring, hurting
• रुजन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुज्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी (कर्तरि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कृन्तन्: cutting, hewing
• कृन्तन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी (कर्तरि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दारयन्: tearing, rending
• दारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी (कर्तरि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पोथयन्: crushing, pounding
• पोथयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: पुथ्
• Form: शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त), परस्मैपदी (कर्तरि प्रयोग), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse strings together verbs of injury to foreground the reality of violence; in Śānti Parva this typically serves to frame an ethical discussion: even when force is employed, it must be governed by dharma, restraint, and accountability rather than impulse or cruelty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing in Śānti Parva, uses a rapid list of violent actions—cutting, splitting, crushing, hacking, tearing, striking—as a rhetorical buildup, likely leading into guidance about the limits, consequences, or regulation of harmful acts within righteous conduct.