Shloka 28

भीष्मस्य दुर्योधनं प्रति उपालम्भः

Bhīṣma’s Reproof to Duryodhana

Devanagari script

सभामानीय दुर्बुद्धे बहुधा क्लेशिता त्वया । तव च प्रियकामेन आश्रमस्था दुरात्मना

Transliteration

sabhām ānīya durbuddhe bahudhā kleśitā tvayā | tava ca priyakāmena āśramasthā durātmanā

Translation

三阇耶说道：“噫，心智邪恶之人！你把她带入王家议会，在众目睽睽之下以多种方式折辱折磨。你这心肠险恶者，竟为取悦自己而行此事，纵然她是受家室庇护、安住于神圣法度之中的女子。”

Word by Word

• सभाम्: assembly hall
• सभाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आनीय: having brought
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• दुर्बुद्धे: O evil-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्बुद्धि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• बहुधा: in many ways / repeatedly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा

• क्लेशिता: was afflicted / tormented
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्लेशित (from क्लिश्)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Instrumental, Singular

• तव: of you / your
• तव: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

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

• प्रियकामेन: by (your) desire for what is dear / by fond wish
• प्रियकामेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियकाम
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• आश्रमस्था: dwelling in the hermitage
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्रमस्थ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• दुरात्मना: by the wicked one
• दुरात्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुरात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• sabhā (royal assembly)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse condemns the misuse of authority and public humiliation: dragging a protected person into a public arena and causing suffering for selfish gratification is adharma, revealing a corrupted mind and character.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya, narrating events, rebukes an evil-minded figure for having brought someone into the royal assembly and repeatedly tormented her, emphasizing that the act was driven by base desire and wicked intent.