Shloka 61

तीर्थवंशोपदेशः

Tīrtha-vaṃśa Upadeśa: Instruction on the Fruits of Sacred Waters

Devanagari script

परदाराभिहर्तार: परदाराभिमर्शिन: । परदारप्रयोक्तारस्ते वै निरयगामिन:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | paradārābhihartāraḥ paradārābhimarśinaḥ | paradāraprayoktāras te vai nirayagāminaḥ ||

Translation

毗湿摩说：夺取他人妻者，玷污他人妻者，以及充当媒介、为人安排与他人妻行不义之事者——此等之人，确实注定堕入地狱。

Word by Word

• परदाराभिहर्तारः: those who abduct others' wives
• परदाराभिहर्तारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परदाराभिहर्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परदाराभिमर्शिनः: those who violate/defile others' wives
• परदाराभिमर्शिनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परदाराभिमर्शिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• परदारप्रयोक्तारः: those who instigate/arrange others' wives (as go-betweens)
• परदारप्रयोक्तारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परदारप्रयोक्तृ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• ते: they
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• वै: indeed/certainly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• निरयगामिनः: hell-going; destined for hell
• निरयगामिनः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निरयगामिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• भवन्ति: are/become
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Present (Lat), Third, Plural

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that violating another’s marriage—whether by abduction, sexual violation, or by facilitating such acts as an intermediary—is a grave adharma with severe karmic consequence (descent to niraya). It broadens moral responsibility to include enablers, not only direct perpetrators.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma is instructing Yudhishthira in the Anushasana Parva on rules of conduct and moral discipline. In this section he emphasizes social and ethical restraints, specifically condemning offenses against another man’s wife and warning of their consequences.