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Shloka 33

Udyoga-parva Adhyāya 71 — Kṣatra-dharma Counsel, Public Legitimacy, and Mobilization

पापकर्मतया चैव संकरं तेन पुष्यति । संकरो नरकायैव सा काष्ठा पापकर्मणाम्‌,इस प्रकार पापकर्मोमें प्रवृत्त होनेके कारण वह वर्णसंकर संतानोंका पोषक होता है और वर्णसंकर केवल नरककी ही प्राप्ति कराता है। पापियोंकी यही अन्तिम गति है

pāpakarmatayaiva caiva saṅkaraṃ tena puṣyati | saṅkaro narakāyaiva sā kāṣṭhā pāpakarmaṇām ||

เมื่อถูกขับดันด้วยกรรมชั่ว เขาย่อมบำรุงให้เกิด “วรรณะสังกร” คือความปะปนและความสับสนแห่งระเบียบธรรม-สังคม และวรรณะสังกรนั้นย่อมนำไปสู่นรกเท่านั้น นี่คือปลายทางอันขมขื่นและที่สุดของกรรมบาป

पापकर्मतयाby/through sinful action (sinful conduct)
पापकर्मतया:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपापकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
संकरम्intermixture (of castes), mixed progeny
संकरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसंकर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
तेनby that/thereby
तेन:
Karana
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
पुष्यतिnourishes/promotes
पुष्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootपुष्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
संकरःintermixture (mixed progeny)
संकरः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसंकर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
नरकायfor hell / leading to hell
नरकाय:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootनरक
FormMasculine, Dative, Singular
एवonly/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
साthat (she/that fate)
सा:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
काष्ठाfinal limit/end (ultimate state)
काष्ठा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकाष्ठा
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
पापकर्मणाम्of sinful deeds / of sinners (lit. of sinful actions)
पापकर्मणाम्:
TypeNoun
Rootपापकर्मन्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
N
naraka (hell)
V
varṇa-saṅkara (social/moral disorder)

Educational Q&A

Sinful conduct does not remain private; it fosters varṇa-saṅkara—social and moral disorder—and that disorder is portrayed as leading inevitably to naraka. The verse stresses the ultimate consequence (kāṣṭhā) of persistent wrongdoing.

Yudhiṣṭhira is articulating an ethical warning within the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war deliberations: when people act adharma, they generate broader societal breakdown, and the text frames this as a grave karmic outcome culminating in hell.