Shloka 18

Śānti-parva Adhyāya 30: Nārada–Parvata Samaya-bhaṅga, Śāpa, and the Marriage of Sukumārī

Devanagari script

नच तं भागिनेयाय पर्वताय महात्मने

Transliteration

na ca taṃ bhāgineyāya parvatāya mahātmane

Translation

而他也未将那一份给与外甥——大心的帕尔瓦塔（Parvata），即其姊妹之子。

Word by Word

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

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

• तम्: him/that (person)
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भागिनेयाय: to the nephew
• भागिनेयाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भागिनेय
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• पर्वताय: to Parvata / to the mountain (name/epithet)
• पर्वताय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• महात्मने: to the great-souled (one)
• महात्मने: Sampradana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

श्रीकृष्ण उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Parvata

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharma in the form of fair dealing and kinship obligation: denying a rightful portion to a deserving relative (a sister’s son, described as mahātmā) is ethically blameworthy and becomes a marker of adharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (as speaker) refers to an act of withholding—someone did not grant a due share/portion to his sister’s son Parvata, characterized as a noble person—framing the incident as morally significant within the broader Shānti Parva discussion of righteous conduct.