Shloka 35

Devanagari script

अनिष्टानि च भाग्यानि जातानि सह मूर्तिना । येन गच्छति बालो<यं दत्त्वा शोकमनन्तकम्‌,भाग्य शरीरके साथ ही प्रकट होता है और उसका अनिष्ट फल भी सामने आता ही है, जिससे यह बालक तुम्हें अनन्त शोक देकर जा रहा है

Transliteration

aniṣṭāni ca bhāgyāni jātāni saha mūrtinā | yena gacchati bālo 'yaṃ dattvā śokam anantakam ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „Mit der Verkörperung des Lebens selbst werden auch widrige Geschicke geboren; und ihre unheilvollen Früchte treten unweigerlich hervor. Nach diesem verordneten Lauf geht dieses Kind dahin—und lässt euch mit grenzenlosem Kummer zurück.“

Word by Word

अनिष्टानिunfavorable, undesirable (things)

चand

भाग्यानिfortunes, destinies

जातानिborn, arisen, come into being

सहtogether with

मूर्तिनाwith the embodied form; with the body/form

येनby which; whereby

गच्छतिgoes, departs

बालःthe child, boy

अयम्this

दत्त्वाhaving given

शोकम्grief, sorrow

अनन्तकम्endless, infinite

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

bāla (the child)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma frames grief within the doctrine of allotted destiny (bhāgya/karma): misfortune is not an anomaly but something that arises with embodied life, and its painful outcomes manifest in due course. The ethical thrust is to recognize inevitability and cultivate steadiness rather than be consumed by sorrow.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses mourners about a child who is dying or has died. He explains the departure as governed by destiny, emphasizing that the child’s passing brings immense grief, yet it follows the unavoidable law that embodied existence carries both fortune and misfortune.