Shloka 24

कालनिर्देशः शोकनिवारणं च

Instruction on Kāla and the Removal of Grief

Devanagari script

अन्यत्र ब्राह्मणस्वेभ्य आददानो न दुष्यति । स्वयमप्राशिता यश्ष न स पापेन लिप्यते

Transliteration

anyatra brāhmaṇasvebhya ādādāno na duṣyati | svayam aprāśitā yaś ca na sa pāpena lipyate ||

Translation

毗耶娑说：“除婆罗门之财物外，取物者不染道德之垢；而未亲自食用彼食者，亦不为罪所染。”

Word by Word

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere; except
• अन्यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र

• ब्राह्मणस्वेभ्यः: from the property of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणस्वेभ्यः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मणस्व
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Plural

• आददानः: taking; appropriating
• आददानः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-दा
• Form: Present active participle (Parasmaipada), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• दुष्यति: is tainted; incurs fault
• Type: Verb
• Root: दुष्
• Form: Present indicative, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• स्वयम्: oneself
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम्

• अप्राशितः: not having eaten; unfed
• अप्राशितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-प्राशित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• पापेन: by sin; with sin
• पापेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• लिप्यते: is smeared; is tainted
• Type: Verb
• Root: लिप्
• Form: Present indicative, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive/medio-passive sense

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Brāhmaṇa (as a social/religious class)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse draws a sharp ethical boundary: taking property is treated as blameworthy especially when it is Brahmin-owned, and it also distinguishes personal culpability—one who has not personally partaken (eaten) is not morally tainted by that act.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the didactic setting of Śānti Parva, Vyāsa states a rule-like ethical clarification about fault (doṣa) and sin (pāpa), focusing on exceptions and on how personal participation determines moral contamination.