Shloka 28

Nṛga-upākhyāna: Brāhmaṇa-sva and the Consequence of Misappropriated Gift-Cattle (कृकलास-रूपे नृगोपाख्यानम्)

Devanagari script

मुदितो वसति प्राज्ञ: शक्रेण सह पार्थिव

Transliteration

mudito vasati prājñaḥ śakreṇa saha pārthiva

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „O König, der Weise, von Freude erfüllt, weilt in der Gemeinschaft Śakras (Indras).“

Word by Word

• मुदितः: glad, delighted
• मुदितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुदित (√मुद्)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसति: dwells, lives
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वस्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• प्राज्ञः: the wise man
• प्राज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• शक्रेण: with Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सह: together with
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

• पार्थिव: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śakra (Indra)
• Pārthiva (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhīṣma links wisdom and righteous living with a blessed posthumous state: the truly discerning person attains joyful residence among the gods, symbolized by dwelling with Indra.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhīṣma’s instruction to the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) in the Anuśāsana Parva, he describes the fate of the virtuous and wise, stating that such a person lives happily in Indra’s company.