Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अमूर्तरयसस्तस्मात्ततो भूमिशयो नृपः । भरतश्नापि दौष्यन्तिलेंभे भूमिशयादसिम्‌,पूरुसे अमूर्तरया, अमूर्तरयासे राजा भूमिशयने और भूमिशयसे दुष्यन्तकुमार भरतने उस खड्ग को ग्रहण किया

Transliteration

amūrtarayasas tasmāt tato bhūmiśayo nṛpaḥ | bharataś cāpi dauṣyantir lebhe bhūmiśayād asim ||

Translation

Bhīṣma sprach: Daher empfing jener König Bhūmiśaya es von Amūrtarayas; und Bharata, der Sohn Duṣyantas, erhielt dieses Schwert ebenfalls von Bhūmiśaya. Der Vers zeichnet die rechtmäßige Weitergabe einer königlichen Waffe durch eine legitime Linie nach und deutet an, dass Herrschaft und die Werkzeuge des Regierens gemäß dem Dharma anvertraut und vererbt werden sollen, nicht durch bloße Gewalt ergriffen.

Word by Word

अमूर्तरयःfrom Amūrtaraya (a person/name)

तस्मात्from him/therefrom

ततःthen/thereupon

भूमिशयःthe one lying on the ground (ground-sleeper)

नृपःthe king

भरतःBharata

अपिalso/even

दौष्यन्तिःson of Duṣyanta (patronymic)

लेभेobtained/took

भूमिशयात्from the ground-sleeper/from one lying on the ground

असिम्a sword

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Amūrtarayas

Bhūmiśaya

Bharata

Duṣyanta

asi (sword)

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?

The verse underscores dharmic succession: symbols and instruments of rulership (like a sword) are to be passed along an authorized lineage, reinforcing that political power should rest on rightful inheritance and ethical continuity, not on arbitrary violence.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma recounts a genealogical transfer: the sword passes from Amūrtarayas to King Bhūmiśaya, and then from Bhūmiśaya to Bharata (Duṣyanta’s son), situating Bharata within a sanctioned royal tradition.