Shloka 10

Devanagari script

यस्तु धर्मविलोपेन मर्यादाभेदनेन च

Transliteration

yastu dharmavilopena maryādābhedena ca

Translation

Wika ni Bhīṣma: “Ngunit yaong, sa pamamagitan ng pagwasak sa dharma at paglabag sa mga itinakdang hanggahan at kaugalian…”

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• धर्म-विलोपेन: by the destruction/abolition of dharma
• धर्म-विलोपेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मविलोप
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• मर्यादा-भेदनेन: by the breaking of boundaries/limits
• मर्यादा-भेदनेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्यादाभेदन
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma frames moral failure as two linked acts: eroding dharma itself and crossing the maryādā (accepted limits of conduct). The verse sets up a warning that ethical collapse begins when norms and righteous order are deliberately violated.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on governance and righteousness. Here he begins a characterization of a wrongdoer—someone who damages dharma and breaches social and moral boundaries—likely leading into consequences or prescriptions in the following lines.