Shloka 65

Devanagari script

न दूषयामि ते राजन्‌ यद्‌ वै हन्याददूषकम्‌ | बलवन्तं प्रभुं राजन्‌ क्षिप्रं दारुणमाप्तुयात्‌

Transliteration

na dūṣayāmi te rājan yad vai hanyād adūṣakam | balavantaṁ prabhuṁ rājan kṣipraṁ dāruṇam āptuyāt

Translation

毗湿摩耶那说道：“大王，我并不因此责怪你；然而若有人击害无辜之人，大王，他必将很快从强大而正当的主宰——法与正义——那里招致惨烈的报应。”

Word by Word

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

• दूषयामि: I blame/censure
• Type: Verb
• Root: दूष्
• Form: Lat (present indicative), 1, singular, Parasmaipada

• ते: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: any, genitive, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• यत्: that/which
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: neuter, nominative/accusative, singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• हन्यात्: should kill/slay
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• अदूषकम्: one who is blameless/innocent
• अदूषकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दूषक (a-doṣaka)
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• बलवन्तम्: strong
• बलवन्तम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलवत्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• प्रभुम्: lord/master
• प्रभुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• क्षिप्रम्: quickly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्षिप्र

• दारुणम्: terrible (fate/result)
• दारुणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• आप्नुयात्: would attain/meet with
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्
• Form: Vidhi-lin (optative), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• rājan (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Harming the innocent is a grave adharma: even if done under pressure or confusion, it brings swift and severe repercussions, as justice (embodied by a powerful authority or moral law) responds to wrongdoing.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana addresses a king and frames the ethical stakes of an action: he indicates that striking a blameless person would lead to dreadful consequences, emphasizing restraint and righteous judgment in royal conduct.