Shloka 63

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

प्रपाणां च सभानां च संक्रमाणां च भारत | अगाराणां च भेत्तारो नरा निरयगामिन:,भरतनन्दन! जो पौंसलों, सभाओं, पुलों और किसीके घरोंको नष्ट करनेवाले हैं, वे मनुष्य निश्चय ही नरकमें पड़ते हैं

Transliteration

prapāṇāṁ ca sabhānāṁ ca saṅkramāṇāṁ ca bhārata | agārāṇāṁ ca bhettāro narā nirayagāminaḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Hỡi Bharata, kẻ nào phá hoại nơi nước uống công cộng, hội đường, cầu và chỗ qua sông, lại còn đột nhập hay tàn phá nhà cửa của người khác—những kẻ ấy ắt hẳn bị đọa địa ngục.

Word by Word

• प्रपाणाम्: of drinking-places / water-stations
• प्रपाणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपाण
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• सभानाम्: of assembly-halls
• सभानाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Genitive, Plural

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

• संक्रमाणाम्: of crossings / bridges / causeways
• संक्रमाणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्रम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

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

• भारत: O Bhārata
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अगाराणाम्: of houses
• अगाराणाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगार
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

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

• भेत्तारः: destroyers / breakers
• भेत्तारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भेत्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• नराः: men
• नराः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• निरयगामिनः: hell-going (destined for hell)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरय-गामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Bharata (epithet of Yudhiṣṭhira)
• prapāṇa (public water station)
• sabhā (assembly hall)
• saṅkrama (bridge/crossing)
• agāra (house/dwelling)
• niraya (hell)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Destroying public utilities (water stations, halls, bridges/crossings) and violating homes is a serious breach of dharma; such acts harm the community’s safety and sustenance and therefore lead to severe karmic retribution, described here as going to niraya (hell).

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anushasana Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct and the consequences of wrongdoing. In this verse he lists specific destructive acts against communal and domestic spaces and declares their perpetrators to be destined for hell.