Shloka 12

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

ततो विपुलमानाय्य देवशर्मा महातपा: । पुष्पार्थे चोदयामास गच्छ गच्छेति भारत,भारत! तब महा तपस्वी देवशर्माने विपुलको बुलवाकर उन्हें फ़ूल लानेके लिये आदेश दिया और कहा, “जाओ, जाओ'

Transliteration

tato vipulam ānayya devaśarmā mahātapāḥ | puṣpārthe codayāmāsa gaccha gaccheti bhārata ||

Translation

Darauf ließ der große Asket Devaśarmā Vipula rufen und drängte ihn, Blumen zu holen, mit den Worten: „Geh, geh, o Bhārata!“

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• विपुलम्: Vipula (name), (as) object
• विपुलम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुल
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आनाय्य: having brought (having summoned)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी
• Form: Lyap (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund), having brought/summoned

• देवशर्मा: Devasharman (proper name)
• देवशर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवशर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: the great ascetic (one of great austerity)
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• पुष्पार्थे: for the purpose of flowers
• पुष्पार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• उदयामास: he urged/commanded
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-यम्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गच्छ: go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• गच्छ: go (repeated for emphasis)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Imperative (Loṭ), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• इति: thus, saying
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• भारत: O Bharata (address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devaśarmā
• Vipula
• flowers (puṣpa)
• Bhārata (addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic discipline: a student or subordinate should carry out a righteous instruction promptly and without hesitation, especially when issued by a person of tapas and authority. The emphasis is on selfless service and readiness to act in support of a higher ethical order.

What is happening in the narrative?

Devaśarmā, described as a great ascetic, calls Vipula to him and sends him to fetch flowers. He urges him emphatically—“Go, go”—framing the action as an immediate duty within the ongoing account Bhīṣma narrates to the Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira).