Shloka 25
Śakra–Śambara Saṃvāda: Brāhmaṇa-sevā, Anasūyā, and Vāg-bala (शक्रशम्बरसंवादः)
Devanagari script
परिवादो द्विजातीनां न श्रोतव्य: कथंचन । आसीताधोमुखलस्तूष्णीं समुत्थाय व्रजेच्च वा
Transliteration
parivādo dvijātīnāṃ na śrotavyaḥ kathaṃcana | āsītādhomukhas tūṣṇīṃ samutthāya vrajec ca vā ||
Translation
毗湿摩说道：“对‘再生者’（dvija，二次出生者）的诽谤，无论如何都不可听闻。若此等贬毁正在发生，当低首默坐；或起身离去。”
Word by Word
परिवादःslander, reviling
परिवादः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपरिवाद
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
द्विजातीनाम्of the twice-born (Brahmins etc.)
द्विजातीनाम्:
Sambandha
TypeNoun
Rootद्विजाति
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
नnot
न:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन
श्रोतव्यःshould be listened to (is to be heard)
श्रोतव्यः:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
FormGerundive (तव्यत्), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, obligative/passive sense
कथंचनin any way; at all
कथंचन:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन
आसीतlet (him) sit; he should sit
आसीत:
TypeVerb
Rootआस्
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
अधोमुखःwith face down; down-faced
अधोमुखः:
TypeAdjective
Rootअधोमुख
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तूष्णीम्silently
तूष्णीम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतूष्णीम्
समुत्थायhaving risen; after getting up
समुत्थाय:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उत्-स्था
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), Parasmaipada sense
व्रजेत्should go; should depart
व्रजेत्:
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज्
FormOptative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
चor/and
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
वाor
वा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaD
dvijāti (twice-born, especially brāhmaṇas)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Do not participate in or validate defamatory speech about the dvijātis; ethical restraint includes refusing to listen, maintaining silent disapproval, or leaving the scene.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction on dharma, he lays down a rule of conduct: when slander of the twice-born is heard, one should neither engage nor encourage it, but respond through silence and withdrawal.