Shloka 32
प्रतिग्रहभेदः — The Distinction between Giving and Accepting
Vṛṣādarbhī–Saptarṣi Dialogue
अनुकर्मा प्रतीतश्च प्रदाताप्यंशुमांस्तथा । शैलाभ: परमक्रोधी धीरोष्णी भूपतिस्तथा
anukarmā pratītaś ca pradātāpy aṁśumān tathā | śailābhaḥ paramakrodhī dhīroṣṇī bhūpatis tathā ||
قال بيشما: «كان هناك أنوكَرما (Anukarmā)، وكذلك برَتيتا (Pratīta)؛ وكذلك برَداتا (Pradātā) وأمشومان (Aṁśumān). وكان أيضًا شيلابها (Śailābha)، ملكًا بالغَ الغضب، ومعه دِهيروشني (Dhīroṣṇī) كذلك.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse functions as part of a didactic catalogue: Bhīṣma names rulers and highlights a moral trait—Śailābha is marked as ‘extremely wrathful’—implicitly reminding that a king’s character (especially anger) is ethically significant in dharma-discourse.
In Anuśāsana Parva’s instruction section, Bhīṣma is enumerating figures (likely kings/personages) as examples or as part of a larger list; this particular verse is a roll-call of names, with a brief characterization of Śailābha as very angry.