Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

त्यजैनं कलुषं भावं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो नमस्कुरु । एतेषां कुर्वतः पापं राष्ट्रक्षो भो भविष्यति

Transliteration

tyajainaṁ kaluṣaṁ bhāvaṁ brāhmaṇebhyo namaskuru | eteṣāṁ kurvataḥ pāpaṁ rāṣṭrakṣobho bhaviṣyati |

Translation

伐由说道：“迦尔塔毗梨耶啊！舍弃这污浊之心，向诸婆罗门致敬礼拜。若你仍对他们行恶作罪，你的国中必起动荡与不宁。”

Word by Word

• त्यज: abandon, give up
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज्
• Form: Loṭ, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एनम्: this (him/it)
• एनम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• कलुषम्: impure, tainted
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कलुष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भावम्: attitude, disposition
• भावम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Plural

• नमस्कुरु: do obeisance, bow
• Type: Verb
• Root: नमस्-कृ
• Form: Loṭ, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• एतेषाम्: of these (people)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• कुर्वतः: of (you) doing
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Śatṛ (present active participle), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• पापम्: sin, wrongdoing
• पापम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• राष्ट्रक्षोभः: disturbance of the kingdom
• राष्ट्रक्षोभः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राष्ट्र-क्षोभ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be, will occur
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Luṭ (periphrastic future), 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कार्तवीर्य: O Kārtavīrya
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तवीर्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

अजुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Brahmins
• Kartavīrya (addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler must renounce impure hostility and show reverence to Brahmins; harming or maligning them is presented as adharma that destabilizes the realm, bringing political and social unrest.

What is happening in the narrative?

Arjuna admonishes Kartavīrya to give up a corrupt intention and to bow to the Brahmins, warning that wrongdoing toward them will lead to disturbance and upheaval in his kingdom.