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Shloka 35

Chapter 81: Trust, Allies, and the Qualifications of the King’s Artha-Secretary (अर्थसचिव)

निकृतस्य नरैरन्यैज्ञातिरेव परायणम्‌ । नान्यैनिकारं सहते ज्ञातिज्ञािति: कथठ्चन

nikṛtasya narair anyair jñātir eva parāyaṇam | nānyanikāraṃ sahate jñātijñātiḥ kathaṃcana ||

Bhishma nói: “Khi một người bị kẻ khác áp bức hay làm điều oan trái, chỉ có thân tộc của chính người ấy mới là chỗ nương tựa chân thật. Nếu người ngoài sỉ nhục hoặc khuất phục một người cùng dòng giống, những người trong tộc ấy tuyệt chẳng thể chịu nổi sự nhục mạ đó.”

निकृतस्यof one who is oppressed/ill-treated
निकृतस्य:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootनिकृत (ppp. of √कृ with नि-)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular
नरैःby men
नरैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
अन्यैःby others
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
ज्ञातिःkinsman/relative
ज्ञातिः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञाति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed/only
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
परायणम्refuge/support
परायणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootपरायण
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अन्यैःby others
अन्यैः:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
निकरम्insult/affront (lit. a heap; here: injury/abuse)
निकरम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिकर
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
सहतेendures/tolerates
सहते:
TypeVerb
Root√सह्
FormPresent, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada
ज्ञातिa kinsman/relative
ज्ञाति:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञाति
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
ज्ञातिम्a kinsman/relative
ज्ञातिम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञाति
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
कथंचनin any way/at all
कथंचन:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन

भीष्म उवाच

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Educational Q&A

In times of oppression by outsiders, one’s primary refuge is one’s own kin; shared lineage creates a moral duty to protect honor and resist humiliation inflicted from outside.

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on dharma and social conduct, Bhishma explains to the listener that family/lineage solidarity naturally asserts itself when a member is wronged or insulted by others.