Shloka 32

Adhyāya 119: Vyāsa–Kīṭa-saṃvāda

Tapas-bala and karmic ascent across yoni

Devanagari script

त्रातारं नाधिगच्छन्ति रौद्रा: प्राणिविहिंसका: । उद्वेजनीया भूतानां यथा व्यालमृगास्तथा

Transliteration

trātāraṃ nādhigacchanti raudrāḥ prāṇivihiṃsakāḥ | udvejanīyā bhūtānāṃ yathā vyālamṛgās tathā ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“残忍而伤害众生者，得不到护佑。正如猛兽令群生惊惧，伤害生命之人亦将在后世成为一切众生的恐怖之因，而他们自己也寻不到归依与守护。”

Word by Word

• त्रातारम्: protector
• त्रातारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• अधिगच्छन्ति: find / obtain
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-गम्
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• रौद्राः: fierce, cruel
• रौद्राः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्राणि-विहिंसकाः: harmers of living beings
• प्राणि-विहिंसकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राणि-विहिंसक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• उद्वेजनीयाः: to be feared / causing alarm
• उद्वेजनीयाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्वेजनीय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भूतानाम्: of creatures / beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• यथा: as, just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• व्याल-मृगाः: serpents and beasts (wild animals)
• व्याल-मृगाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याल-मृग
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• तथा: so, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• prāṇinaḥ (living beings)
• vyālamṛgāḥ (wild beasts)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

One who harms living beings becomes fearsome to others and, by the moral law of karma, loses the possibility of protection or refuge; cruelty ultimately leaves a person unsupported.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on dharma (Anushasana Parva), he warns about the ethical and karmic fallout of violence toward creatures, using the analogy of wild beasts that inspire fear and receive no protection.