महाभारत · 1.166.5–6
॥
देवनागरी
अपगच्छ पथो ऽस्माकम् इत्य् एवं पार्थिवो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
तथा ऋषिर् उवाचैनं सान्त्वयञ् श्लक्ष्णया गिरा ॥
ऋषिस् तु नापचक्राम तस्मिन् धर्मपथे स्थितः ॥
नापि राजा मुनेर् मानात् क्रोधाच् चापि जगाम ह ॥
लिप्यंतरण (IAST)
apagaccha patho 'smākam ity evaṃ pārthivo 'bravīt ||
tathā ṛṣir uvācainaṃ sāntvayañ ślakṣṇayā girā ||
ṛṣis tu nāpacakrāma tasmin dharmapathe sthitaḥ ||
nāpi rājā muner mānāt krodhāc cāpi jagāma ha ||
शब्दशः अर्थ
संस्कृतIASTअर्थ
अपगच्छ पथः अस्माकम् इति एवं पार्थिवः अब्रवीत्apagaccha pathaḥ asmākam iti evaṃ pārthivaḥ abravīt"Get off our path," thus said the king;
तथा ऋषिः उवाच एनं सान्त्वयन् श्लक्ष्णया गिराtathā ṛṣiḥ uvāca enaṃ sāntvayan ślakṣṇayā girāand the rishi answered him, soothing him with gentle speech;
ऋषिः तु न अपचक्राम तस्मिन् धर्मपथे स्थितःṛṣiḥ tu na apacakrāma tasmin dharmapathe sthitaḥbut the rishi did not step aside [from the path], standing on the path of dharma,
न अपि राजा मुनेः मानात् क्रोधात् च अपि जगाम हna api rājā muneḥ mānāt krodhāt ca api jagāma haand the king, out of pride and anger, did not yield to the muni;
पथोpathooriginal form "patho", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽस्माकम्'smākamoriginal form "'smākam", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
इत्य्ityoriginal form "ity", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
पार्थिवोpārthivooriginal form "pārthivo", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऽब्रवीत्'bravītoriginal form "'bravīt", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऋषिर्ṛṣiroriginal form "ṛṣir", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
उवाचैनंuvācainaṃoriginal form "uvācainaṃ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
सान्त्वयञ्sāntvayañoriginal form "sāntvayañ", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
ऋषिस्ṛṣisoriginal form "ṛṣis", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नापचक्रामnāpacakrāmaoriginal form "nāpacakrāma", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
नापिnāpioriginal form "nāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
मुनेर्muneroriginal form "muner", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
क्रोधाच्krodhācoriginal form "krodhāc", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
चापिcāpioriginal form "cāpi", added to complete the word-by-word coverage
अनुवाद
"'Get off our path,' thus said the king; and the rishi answered him with gentle speech, but did not step aside, standing on the path of dharma; and the king, out of pride and anger, did not yield to the muni."
संस्करण
90e1ac386238 · प्रकाशित 12 जुल॰ 2026, 5:29:43 pm UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
Here dharma and pride collide. It is significant that the rishi does not yield, "standing on the path of dharma" — by custom, an ascetic on foot has precedence over a king, and Shakti holds to what is right; the king, by contrast, does not yield "out of pride and anger." The law bids even a king bow before a brahmana: where power and holiness meet, it is power that should give way. Thus the scripture reveals the root of the calamity — a pride unwilling to yield to dharma; and the king's obstinacy prepares the fatal blow.