Shloka 516

Yajña-bhāga-vyavasthā and the Pravṛtti–Nivṛtti Framework (यज्ञभागव्यवस्था तथा प्रवृत्तिनिवृत्तिधर्मविवेचनम्)

Devanagari script

तयोरन्यतरः: प्रैति विद्वेषं चाधिगच्छति । “जो धार्मिक विधिका उल्लंघन करके प्रश्न करता है और जो अधर्मपूर्वक उसका उत्तर देता है

Transliteration

tayor anyataraḥ praiti vidveṣaṃ cādhigacchati |

Translation

Bhīṣma nói: Trong hai người ấy—kẻ đặt câu hỏi bằng cách vi phạm phép tắc của dharma và kẻ trả lời theo lối phi dharma—ắt có một người đi đến diệt vong (thậm chí đến chết), hoặc bằng không thì họ sẽ trở thành đối tượng thù ghét lẫn nhau. Lời dạy cảnh tỉnh rằng ngay cả việc cầu học cũng hóa tai họa khi cả hỏi lẫn đáp đều lìa xa dharma.

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: common, genitive, dual

• अन्यतरः: one (of the two)
• अन्यतरः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्यतर
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• प्रैति: goes forth; departs (dies)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + इ (इण् गतौ)
• Form: present, third, singular, parasmaipada

• विद्वेषम्: hatred; enmity
• विद्वेषम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्वेष
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

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

• अधिगच्छति: attains; incurs; comes to
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + गम् (गमॢँ गतौ)
• Form: present, third, singular, parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Both the manner of asking and the manner of answering must be grounded in dharma; otherwise the exchange leads to grave harm—ruin/death or lasting enmity.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he cautions that improper, unrighteous questioning and unrighteous answering are not neutral acts; they generate destructive outcomes for at least one party and can poison relationships with hatred.