Shloka 32
Kīṭopākhyāna: Prajā-pālana as Kṣatra-vrata and the Attainment of Brāhmaṇya
Devanagari script
एतत् फलमहिंसाया भूयश्नच कुरुपुंगव । न हि शक््या गुणा वक्तुमपि वर्षशतैरपि
Transliteration
etat phalam ahiṃsāyā bhūyaś ca kuru-puṅgava | na hi śakyā guṇā vaktum api varṣa-śatair api, kuru-śreṣṭha ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“此乃不害（ahiṃsā）之果——而且远不止于此，噫，库鲁族中的雄牛！诚然，噫，库鲁之最胜者！由不害所生的德与利，即使历经百年，也难以尽述。”
Word by Word
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootफल
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अहिंसायाof non-violence
अहिंसाया:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootअहिंसा
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
भूयःmore, further
भूयः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस्
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
कुरुपुंगवO bull among the Kurus (best of the Kurus)
कुरुपुंगव:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुपुंगव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
हिindeed, for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
शक्याःpossible (able to be)
शक्याः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्य
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
गुणाःqualities, merits
गुणाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगुण
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
वक्तुम्to speak, to describe
वक्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormTumun (infinitive)
अपिeven, also
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
वर्षशतैःby hundreds of years (even in a hundred years)
वर्षशतैः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवर्षशत
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Plural
अपिeven
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
कुरुश्रेष्ठO best of the Kurus
कुरुश्रेष्ठ:
Sambodhana
TypeNoun
Rootकुरुश्रेष्ठ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhishmaK
Kuru (dynasty/lineage)K
Kuru-pungava (address to a Kuru prince, likely Yudhishthira)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Ahiṃsā (non-violence) yields immense spiritual and ethical merit; its benefits are so vast that they cannot be exhaustively articulated, even over an entire century.
In the Anushasana Parva’s instruction section, Bhishma continues advising a Kuru ruler (traditionally Yudhishthira), emphasizing the supreme value of non-violence and praising its immeasurable rewards.