Shloka 18
Devanagari script
अनुसृत्य तु यत्नात् स तथा वै ब्रह्महत्यया
Transliteration
anusṛtya tu yatnāt sa tathā vai brahmahatyayā
Translation
ถึงกระนั้น แม้จะพยายามอย่างสุดกำลังเพื่อหลีกหนี ก็ยังถูกบาปพรหมหัตยาตามติดและบีบคั้นอยู่เช่นเดิม
Word by Word
अनुसृत्यhaving followed; pursuing
अनुसृत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√सृ (सरणे)
Formल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः), कर्तरि, absolutive (gerund)
तुbut; however
तु:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु
यत्नात्from/with effort; diligently
यत्नात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootयत्न
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तथाthus; in that manner
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
वैindeed; surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
ब्रह्महत्ययाby/with brahmin-slaying (the sin of killing a Brahmin)
ब्रह्महत्यया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्महत्यā
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaB
brahmahatyā (sin of killing a brāhmaṇa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Even sustained effort cannot easily shake off grave wrongdoing; brahmahatyā is portrayed as a heavy moral stain whose consequences pursue the doer, underscoring accountability and the need for proper expiation aligned with dharma.
Bhīṣma continues a discourse on dharma by describing a person who, despite striving diligently, remains pursued by the consequence of brahmahatyā—highlighting the persistent nature of certain sins within the ethical framework of the Śānti Parva.