Shloka 59
Dasyu-maryādā and Buddhi-guided Rāja-nīti (दस्युमर्यादा तथा बुद्धिप्रधान-राजनीति)
Devanagari script
अहं हि पुत्रशोकेन कृतपापा तवात्मजे | यथा त्वया प्रहर्तव्यं तथा तत्त्वं च मे शृणु
Transliteration
ahaṃ hi putraśokena kṛtapāpā tavātmaje | yathā tvayā prahartavyaṃ tathā tattvaṃ ca me śṛṇu ||
Translation
梵摩达多说道：“我因丧子之痛而迷乱，对你的孩子做了罪恶之事。因此，你理当可以回击我、加以惩罚。但也请听我说出事情真实的经过。”
Word by Word
{'ahaṃ''I', 'hi': 'indeed, for', 'putra-śokena': 'by grief for (one’s) son', 'kṛta-pāpā': 'one who has done sin
{'ahaṃ':
having committed a wrongful act', 'tava''your', 'ātmaje': 'to/against the son (lit. ‘born of oneself’)
having committed a wrongful act', 'tava':
child', 'yathā''as, in the manner that', 'tvayā': 'by you', 'prahartavyam': 'to be struck
child', 'yathā':
to be punished/retaliated against (as deemed fit)', 'tathā''so, in that same way', 'tattvam': 'the truth
to be punished/retaliated against (as deemed fit)', 'tathā':
the real state of affairs', 'ca''and', 'me': 'from me / my', 'śṛṇu': 'hear
the real state of affairs', 'ca':
Speaker
ब्रह्मदत्त उवाच
Characters & Entities
ब
ब्रह्मदत्त (Brahmadatta)प
पुत्र (son)त
तव आत्मज (your son/child)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Educational Q&A
Grief can drive one into wrongdoing, but dharmic repair begins with owning the fault, accepting proportionate consequence, and then stating the truth without concealment.
Brahmadatta admits that, due to sorrow over his own son, he acted sinfully toward the other person’s child; he acknowledges the other’s right to retaliate and asks them to hear the true account of the matter.