Shloka 9

The Thirteen Inner Adversaries (Trayodaśa Doṣāḥ): Origins and Pacification

Devanagari script

यन्मां त्वमवजानीषे यथान्यं प्राकृतं तथा । दर्शयाम्येष चात्मानं यथा मां नावमन्यसे

Transliteration

yan māṁ tvam avajānīṣe yathānyaṁ prākṛtaṁ tathā | darśayāmy eṣa cātmānaṁ yathā māṁ nāvamanyase ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“既然你轻蔑我，把我当作寻常凡人一般，我将因怒而显露我的真实本相，使你不敢再侮辱我。”

Word by Word

• यत्: that (fact) which
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: accusative, singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: nominative, singular

• अवजानीषे: you despise / disregard
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√ज्ञा
• Form: present, 2, singular, ātmanepada

• यथा: as / like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्राकृतम्: ordinary / common
• प्राकृतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राकृत
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तथा: so / in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• दर्शयामि: I show / I will make (you) see
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश्
• Form: present, 1, singular, parasmaipada, causative

• एषः: this
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

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

• आत्मानम्: self / my own form
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• यथा: so that / in such a way that
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: accusative, singular

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

• अवमन्यसे: you disrespect / slight
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव√मन्
• Form: present, 2, singular, ātmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Contempt born of misjudging another’s true stature leads to ethical failure; respect and discernment are essential, because hidden excellence or authority may assert itself when provoked.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses someone who is slighting him as if he were an ordinary person; angered by this disrespect, he declares he will reveal his true form or capability so the offender will stop insulting him.