Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

संधानस्य पर: कालस्तवेति च पुन: पुनः । न च मे तद्‌ वचो मूढ: कृतवान्‌ स सुमन्दधी: । घातयित्वेह पृथिवीं ततः स निधनं गत:

Transliteration

sandhānasya paraḥ kālas taveti ca punaḥ punaḥ | na ca me tad vaco mūḍhaḥ kṛtavān sa sumandadhīḥ | ghātayitveha pṛthivīṃ tataḥ sa nidhanaṃ gataḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“我一再对他说：‘对你而言，和解的时机已至。’然而那迷妄之人，才智极其浅薄，并未依我之言而行。他使此大地遭受屠戮之后，终究走向了自身的毁灭。”

Word by Word

• सन्धानस्य: of reconciliation/peace-making
• सन्धानस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धान
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• परः: beyond; later (than)
• परः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कालः: time
• कालः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तव: for you / your
• तव: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुनः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

• पुनः: again (repeatedly)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः

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

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मे: of me / my
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• वचः: word; advice
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मूढः: deluded, foolish
• मूढः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूढ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कृतवान्: did; carried out
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Perfect (periphrastic), 3rd, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सुमन्दधीः: of very dull intellect
• सुमन्दधीः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुमन्दधी
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• घातयित्वा: having caused to be slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: घातय् (णिच् of हन्)
• Form: Absolutive (त्वा)

• इह: here; in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• पृथिवीम्: the earth (people/realm)
• पृथिवीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then; thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निधनम्: destruction; death
• निधनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• गतः: went; met with
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Past participle, Singular, Masculine, Nominative

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Pṛthivī (the earth/realm)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Wise counsel—especially urging timely reconciliation—should not be ignored. Delusion and poor judgment that reject peace lead to widespread harm and ultimately to one’s own ruin.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recalls repeatedly advising a certain person that the time for making peace had come. That person refused to follow the advice, caused great slaughter across the realm, and then met destruction himself.