Shloka 7

Dambhodbhava, Nara-Nārāyaṇa, and the Counsel to Abandon Hubris

Udyoga-parva 94

Devanagari script

तस्मिन्नेवंविधे राजन्‌ कुले महति तिष्ठति । त्वन्निमित्तं विशेषेण नेह युक्तमसाम्प्रतम्‌

Transliteration

tasminnevaṃvidhe rājan kule mahati tiṣṭhati | tvannimittaṃ viśeṣeṇa neha yuktam asāmpratam ||

Translation

ข้าแต่พระราชา! เมื่อวงศ์ตระกูลอันยิ่งใหญ่และมั่นคงเช่นนี้ ตั้งอยู่พร้อมด้วยคุณธรรมดังกล่าวแล้ว ก็ไม่สมควรเลย—ยิ่งโดยเหตุเพราะพระองค์—ที่นี่จะเกิดสิ่งใดอันไม่ถูกกาลหรือไม่ชอบธรรม

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• एवंविधे: of such a kind
• एवंविधे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• कुले: in the family
• कुले: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• महति: great, eminent
• महति: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• तिष्ठति: stands/exists/remains
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (तिष्ठ)
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• त्वत्: from you / because of you
• त्वत्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (त्वद्)
• Form: —, Ablative, Singular

• निमित्तम्: cause, reason
• निमित्तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमित्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विशेषेण: especially, in particular
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• इह: here, in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• युक्तम्: proper, fitting
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• असाम्प्रतम्: improper, not appropriate
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असाम्प्रत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaishampayana
• King (rājan)
• kula (lineage/family)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Personal motives should not become the cause of improper or untimely actions, especially when the honor and stability of a great lineage are at stake; propriety (yukti) and dharma must govern conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaishampayana addresses a king, warning that in a renowned and virtuous family, it is unfitting for any wrongdoing or ill-timed act to arise—particularly due to the king’s own agency or interests.