Shloka 3

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच समोऊहं सर्वभूतानामधर्म नेह रोचये | हन्यतां तारक: क्षिप्रं सुरर्षिगणबाधिता

Transliteration

brahmovāca samo ’haṃ sarvabhūtānām adharmaṃ neha rocaye | hanyatāṃ tārakaḥ kṣipraṃ surarṣigaṇabādhitaḥ ||

Translation

梵天（Brahmā）说道：“我对一切众生一视同仁；然而我不赞许非义（adharma）。因此，速速诛杀那折磨诸天与圣仙众的塔罗迦（Tāraka）。”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• समः: equal, impartial
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वभूतानाम्: of all beings
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• अधर्मम्: unrighteousness, adharma
• अधर्मम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अधर्म
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• इह: here, in this matter
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• रोचये: I approve/like
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुच्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative (ṇic)

• हन्यताम्: let (him) be slain
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Passive

• तारकः: Tāraka (the demon)
• तारकः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• सुरर्षिगणबाधितः: one who torments the hosts of gods and seers
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरर्षिगणबाधित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Tāraka
• Devas (Suras)
• Ṛṣis

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when a ruler or cosmic authority maintains impartiality toward all beings, adharma cannot be endorsed; protecting dharma may require decisive action against those who oppress the virtuous.

What is happening in the narrative?

Brahmā declares his general equanimity toward all creatures but instructs that Tāraka—who is causing suffering to the gods and sages—should be killed quickly, framing the act as a response to adharma.