Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गोमत्यास्त्वेष पुलिने त्वददर्शनसमुत्सुक: । आसीनो वर्तयन ब्रह्म ब्राह्मण: संशितव्रत:,वे कठोर व्रतका पालन करनेवाले ब्राह्मण वेदोंका पारायण करते हुए आपके दर्शनके लिये उत्सुक हो गोमतीके किनारे बैठे हुए हैं

Transliteration

gomatyāstv eṣa puline tvad-adarśana-samutsukaḥ | āsīno vartayan brahma brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśita-vrataḥ ||

Translation

Bhishma sprach: „Am sandigen Ufer des Flusses Gomatī sitzt ein Brahmane, fest in Gelübden und streng in Zucht. Während er vedisches Wissen rezitiert, verweilt er dort, begierig nach deinem Anblick.“

Word by Word

गोमत्याःof (the river) Gomati

तुbut/indeed

एषःthis (man)

पुलिनेon the sandbank/riverbank

त्वत्your

अदर्शनnon-seeing/absence of sight

समुत्सुकःeager/keen

आसीनःsitting

वर्तयन्reciting/performing (continuously)

ब्रह्मthe Veda/sacred knowledge

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

संशितव्रतःof sharpened/strict vows; austere

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

a Brahmin (unnamed)

Gomatī river

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 highlights disciplined spiritual practice: a Brahmin of strict vows sustains sacred study (brahma/Vedic recitation) and patiently seeks darśana, implying that steadfast discipline and reverence for sacred knowledge are integral to dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma informs the listener that a strict-vowed Brahmin is seated on the bank of the Gomatī, engaged in Vedic recitation and waiting eagerly to see the addressed person.