Shloka 16
Vasiṣṭhasya śokaḥ, Vipāśā–Śatadrū-nāmākaraṇam, Kalmāṣapādasya bhaya-prasaṅgaḥ (Ādi Parva 167)
Devanagari script
तदपश्यमहं भ्रातुरसाम्प्रतमनुव्रजन् । विमर्श संकरादाने नायं कुर्यात् कदाचन
Transliteration
tad apaśyam ahaṃ bhrātur asāmpratam anuvrajan | vimarśa saṅkarādāne nāyaṃ kuryāt kadācana ||
Translation
我跟在兄长身后，亲眼见到他方才所为。思量他竟受取那混杂不净之物，我心中自语：“他决不该做此事——不加辨别便接受足以染污的不净之物。”
Word by Word
तत्that (act/thing)
तत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अपश्यम्I saw
अपश्यम्:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormImperfect (Laṅ), 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअहम्
FormCommon, Nominative, Singular
भ्रातुःof (my) brother
भ्रातुः:
TypeNoun
Rootभ्रातृ
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
असाम्प्रतम्improper, unworthy
असाम्प्रतम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअसाम्प्रत
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अनुव्रजन्following (after)
अनुव्रजन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-√व्रज्
FormŚatṛ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
विमर्शम्reflection, consideration
विमर्शम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविमर्श
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
संकरादानेin taking/accepting impure (mixed/defiled) things
संकरादाने:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसंकर-आदान
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
अयम्this (man/person)
अयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
कुर्यात्should do / would do
कुर्यात्:
TypeVerb
Root√कृ
FormOptative (Liṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
कदाचनever, at any time
कदाचन:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकदाचन
Speaker
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्राह्मण (speaker)भ
भ्राता (brother)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
One should not accept or engage with what is impure or morally tainted without careful discernment; ethical conduct includes vigilance about what one takes in or associates with.
The Brahmin narrator, walking behind his brother, observes a questionable act and internally reasons that such acceptance of a defiling object is out of character and should never be done.