Shloka 25

Devanagari script

इमे सद्धर्ममाहात्म्ययशोवीर्यनिवर्तिन: । नाहन्ति व्यसन भोक्तुं नन्वेषां क्रियतां दया

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: ime saddharma-māhātmya-yaśo-vīrya-nivartinaḥ | nārhanti vyasanaṃ bhoktuṃ, nanv eṣāṃ kriyatāṃ dayā ||

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśaṃpāyana: “Ang mga ito (ang aking mga anak) ay mga tagasunod ng marangal na landas—ginagabayan ng kadakilaan ng tunay na dharma, at ng asal, dangal, at tapang ng mga dakilang kaluluwa. Hindi sila karapat-dapat magdusa ng kapahamakan. Kaya, O iginagalang, maawa ka sa kanila.”

Word by Word

• इमे: these
• इमे: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• सद्धर्म: true dharma / good conduct
• सद्धर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् + धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• माहात्म्य: greatness, noble nature
• माहात्म्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यशः: fame
• यशः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: यशस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वीर्य: valor, strength
• वीर्य: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निवर्तिनः: following, conforming to
• निवर्तिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवर्तिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

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

• आहन्ति: they strike/kill (i.e., are fit to be struck)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• व्यसनम्: misfortune, calamity
• व्यसनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भोक्तुम्: to experience/endure
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज्
• Form: Infinitive

• ननु: indeed, surely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ननु

• एषाम्: of these (persons)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done / may (it) be shown
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• दया: compassion, mercy
• दया: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दया
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशमग्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames compassion (dayā) as an ethical response aligned with saddharma: those who strive to follow righteous exemplars should not be crushed by misfortune, and a superior is urged to temper judgment with mercy.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the midst of the Sabha Parva’s crisis and punitive outcomes, a speaker pleads before a revered authority that ‘my sons’—portrayed as dharma-following and noble—should not be made to endure suffering, and requests compassionate intervention.