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Shloka 28

Śaraṇāgata-Atithi-Dharma in the Kapota Narrative (कपोत-आख्यानम्—शरणागतधर्मः)

स कदाचित््‌ परिपतन्‌ श्वपचानां निवेशनम्‌ | हिंस्राणां प्राणिघातानामाससाद वने क्वचित्‌,एक दिन वे किसी वनके भीतर प्राणियोंका वध करनेवाले हिंसक चाण्डालोंकी बस्तीमें गिरते-पड़ते जा पहुँचे

sa kadācit paripatan śvapacānāṁ niveśanam | hiṁsrāṇāṁ prāṇighātānām āsasāda vane kvacit ||

بھیشم نے کہا—ایک دن وہ لڑکھڑاتا اور گرتا پڑتا جنگل میں کہیں اتفاقاً شَوپَچوں (چانڈالوں) کی بستی تک جا پہنچا؛ یہ ایک پُرتشدد جماعت تھی جو جانداروں کے قتل میں مشغول رہتی تھی۔

सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कदाचित्once, at some time
कदाचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचित्
परिपतन्stumbling/falling about, wandering unsteadily
परिपतन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootपरि + पत्
Formशतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
श्वपचानाम्of the outcastes (dog-cookers/caṇḍālas)
श्वपचानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootश्वपच
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
निवेशनम्settlement, dwelling-place
निवेशनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिवेशन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
हिंस्राणाम्of the violent
हिंस्राणाम्:
Sambandha
TypeAdjective
Rootहिंस्र
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
प्राणिघातानाम्of killers of living beings
प्राणिघातानाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootप्राणिघात
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
आससादreached, came upon
आससाद:
TypeVerb
Rootआ + सद्
FormPerfect (लिट्), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
वनेin a forest
वने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootवन
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
क्वचित्somewhere
क्वचित्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्वचित्

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
F
forest (vana)
Ś
śvapacas/caṇḍālas (outcaste community)
S
settlement (niveśana)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a morally charged setting—people habituated to killing—highlighting the ethical weight of hiṁsā (violence) and preparing the listener to consider how environment and actions shape one’s dharma and consequences.

A person, weakened or distressed, wanders and stumbles until he arrives in a forest at the settlement of śvapacas/caṇḍālas described as violent killers of living beings.