Shloka 22

उद्योगपर्व (अध्याय १२९) — केशवस्य वैभवप्रदर्शनम् / Krishna’s Theophanic Display in the Kuru Assembly

Devanagari script

न त्वयं निन्दितं कर्म कुर्यात्‌ पापं कथंचन

Transliteration

na tvayaṁ ninditaṁ karma kuryāt pāpaṁ kathaṁcana

Translation

毗湿摩波耶那说：“无论在何种情形之下，你都不可作可耻之事——丝毫罪业也不可为。”

Word by Word

• na: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na

• tu: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu

• ayam: this (person)
• ayam: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: idam
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• ninditam: blameworthy/condemned
• ninditam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nindita
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• karma: act/deed
• karma: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• kuryāt: should do/should make
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ
• Form: optative (vidhiliṅ), 3rd, singular, parasmaipada

• pāpam: sinful/evil
• pāpam: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• kathaṃcanā: in any way/at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse gives a clear ethical injunction: one must not perform actions that are socially and morally censured (nindita), and must avoid sinful conduct (pāpa) entirely, regardless of circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśaṃpāyana, as the narrator, reports a moment of moral instruction within the Udyoga Parva’s pre-war counsel, emphasizing restraint and adherence to dharma as tensions move toward conflict.