Shloka 30

Bhīmasena’s Discourse on Kāla, Resolve, and the Feasibility of Ajñātavāsa (भीमसेनस्य कालोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

गृहाणेमां मया प्रोक्तां सिद्धि मूर्तिमतीमिव । विद्यां प्रतिस्मृतिं नाम प्रपन्नाय ब्रवीमि ते,“मेरी दी हुई इस प्रतिस्मृति नामक विद्याको ग्रहण करो, जो मूर्तिमती सिद्धिके समान है। तुम मेरे शरणागत हो, इसलिये मैं तुम्हें इस विद्याका उपदेश करता हूँ

Transliteration

gṛhāṇemāṃ mayā proktāṃ siddhiṃ mūrtimatīm iva | vidyāṃ pratismṛtiṃ nāma prapannāya bravīmi te ||

Translation

Vyāsa sprach: „Nimm dieses Wissen an, das ich dich gelehrt habe—Pratismṛti genannt—gleich einem greifbaren, verkörperten Erlangen selbst. Da du zu mir gekommen bist, um Zuflucht zu suchen, erteile ich dir diese Unterweisung.“

Word by Word

गृहाणaccept, take

इमाम्this (her/this one)

मयाby me

प्रोक्ताम्spoken/declared (by me)

सिद्धिम्accomplishment, success, siddhi

मूर्तिमतीम्embodied, having form

इवlike, as if

विद्याम्knowledge, spell/teaching

प्रतिस्मृतिम्counter-recollection; (name of a) vidyā called Pratismṛti

नामby name, called

प्रपन्नायto (one who has) taken refuge/surrendered

ब्रवीमिI tell, I declare

तेto you

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vyāsa

Pratismṛti (vidyā)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse emphasizes that sacred knowledge (vidyā) is not merely information but a transformative attainment—‘like embodied siddhi’—and that such teaching is properly bestowed when the student approaches in surrender and receptivity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyāsa, speaking as a guru, grants a specific discipline/knowledge called Pratismṛti to a seeker who has taken refuge in him, framing the instruction as a compassionate transmission given due to the disciple’s śaraṇāgati.