Shloka 27

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच तत्‌ श्रुत्वा वचनं शक्रो विपुलस्य महात्मन: । अकिंचिदुक्‍त्वा व्रीडार्तस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca tat śrutvā vacanaṃ śakro vipulasya mahātmanaḥ | akiñcid uktvā vrīḍārtaḥ tatraivāntaradhīyata ||

Translation

قال بهيشما: لما سمع شَكرا (إندرا) كلامَ فيبولا العظيم النفس، غمره الخجل. ومن غير أن يجيب بكلمة، توارى في الموضع نفسه.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• वचनम्: speech, statement
• वचनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शक्रः: Shakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विपुलस्य: of Vipula
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अकिञ्चित्: nothing at all
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अकिञ्चित्

• उक्त्वा: having said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• व्रीडार्तः: distressed by shame
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रीडार्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared, became invisible
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर्धा + धा
• Form: Imperfect, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Vipula
• Yudhiṣṭhira

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even the highest authority is not above dharma: when confronted by a righteous, truth-speaking person, arrogance collapses into shame. The verse highlights ethical accountability and the power of moral clarity over mere status or power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vipula has spoken a pointed, dharmic rebuke or instruction. Indra, hearing it, feels ashamed, offers no counter-argument, and disappears on the spot—an implicit acknowledgment of Vipula’s moral force.