Shloka 77

पापात्म-धर्मात्म-लक्षणम् तथा निर्वेदेन मोक्षमार्गः | Marks of the Sinful and the Righteous; Dispassion (Nirveda) as a Path to Liberation

Devanagari script

ब्रुवतश्न॒ परस्यापि वाक्यं धर्मोपसंहितम्‌ | चिरं पृष्टोडपि च ब्रूयाच्चिरं न परितप्यते

Transliteration

bruvataś ca parasya api vākyaṃ dharmopasaṃhitam | ciraṃ pṛṣṭo 'pi ca brūyāc ciraṃ na paritapyate ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „Man soll auch die Worte des anderen hören und annehmen, wenn sie im Dharma gegründet sind. Selbst wenn man wieder und wieder befragt wird, soll man geduldig antworten; wer erträgt und mit Nachsicht spricht, verfällt nicht in lang währende Reue.“

Word by Word

• ब्रुवतः: of one who is speaking
• ब्रुवतः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (वर्तमान कृदन्त), पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परस्य: of another (person)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• वाक्यम्: speech/statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• धर्मोपसंहितम्: consistent with dharma; imbued with righteousness
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म + उपसंहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चिरम्: for a long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम्

• पृष्टः: having been asked
• पृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त), पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

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

• ब्रूयात्: should speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, optative, प्रथम, एकवचन

• चिरम्: for a long time
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चिरम्

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• परितप्यते: is distressed/repents
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु) + परि-
• Form: लट्, present, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speak and respond in a way aligned with dharma: acknowledge righteous words even from others, and answer repeated questioning with patience. Such restraint in speech prevents later regret and inner torment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on righteous conduct. Here he gives guidance on ethical conversation—how to listen to dharmic counsel and how to reply calmly even under persistent questioning.