Shloka 28

च्यवन-कुशिक-संवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Hospitality, Service, and Lineage Questions

Devanagari script

एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

etad te sarvam ākhyātaṃ ki bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi |

Translation

قال بهيشما: «قد شرحتُ لك هذا كلَّه شرحًا تامًّا. فماذا تريد أن تسمع بعدُ؟»

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (all this)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: त्वद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular

• आख्यातम्: told, explained
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-ख्या (धातु) / आख्यात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भूयः: further, more, again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: Infinitive (तुमुन्)

• इच्छसि: you desire/wish
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma signals completion of his instruction and invites the listener to ask further questions if any remain, emphasizing a teacher’s duty to clarify and a student’s duty to inquire.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anuśāsana-parvan’s instructional setting, Bhīṣma concludes a segment of his discourse and turns to the interlocutor, asking what additional topic should be taken up next.