Shloka 2

Narrative of King Pṛthu: Chastising and Milking the Earth

Devanagari script

तस्मादेकं प्रहर्तव्यं पापिष्ठं पापचेतनम् । तस्मात्त्वां हि हनिष्यामि सर्वसत्त्वप्रणाशिनीम्

Transliteration

tasmādekaṃ prahartavyaṃ pāpiṣṭhaṃ pāpacetanam | tasmāttvāṃ hi haniṣyāmi sarvasattvapraṇāśinīm

Translation

ฉะนั้น ผู้ชั่วช้าที่สุดผู้มีจิตบาปผู้นี้พึงถูกลงทัณฑ์ให้สิ้นไป ด้วยเหตุนั้นเราจักฆ่าเจ้าแน่—โอ้ผู้ทำลายสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวง!

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (therefore)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे/स्त्रीलिङ्गे समानरूपम्, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• एकम्: one (single)
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रहर्तव्यम्: to be struck / must be struck
• प्रहर्तव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-हृ (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (to be struck)

• पापिष्ठम्: most sinful
• पापिष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्ठन् (तमप्/सुपरलेटिव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)

• पापचेतनम्: one whose mind is sinful
• पापचेतनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + चेतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: पापं चेतना यस्य/यस्य चेतना पापे), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्मात्: therefore / from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (2nd person pronoun), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; बलार्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeed/for)

• हनिष्यामि: I will kill
• हनिष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वसत्त्वप्रणाशिनीम्: destroyer of all beings
• सर्वसत्त्वप्रणाशिनीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + प्र-नश् (धातु) + णिनि/इनी (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: सर्वेषां सत्त्वानां प्रणाशिनी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (agent noun)

Speaker

Unspecified (speaker not identifiable from this verse alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: forest

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: तस्मादेकम् = तस्मात् + एकम्; तस्मात्त्वाम् = तस्मात् + त्वाम्; एकोनत्रिंशोऽध्यायः इत्यादि अन्यत्र।

FAQs

What ethical principle is expressed in this verse?

It asserts a dharmic duty to stop a profoundly harmful, evil-intentioned force—especially one that threatens the lives of many—through decisive action.

Does the verse promote violence?

It frames violence as a last-resort, duty-bound act aimed at preventing wider destruction—punishment directed at a “destroyer of all beings,” not indiscriminate aggression.

Who is being addressed as “sarvasattvapraṇāśinīm” (destroyer of all beings)?

The verse addresses a feminine figure characterized as a threat to all living beings, but her specific identity cannot be determined from this single shloka without surrounding context.