Shloka 59

Devanagari script

नित्यमावसथं राजन्‌ नरनारीसमावृतम्‌ | ऋषिरेवं महाभागस्त्वड्िरा प्राह धर्मवित्‌

Transliteration

nityam āvasathaṁ rājan nara-nārī-samāvṛtam | ṛṣir evaṁ mahābhāgas tv aṅgirā prāha dharmavit ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “O King, it was a dwelling constantly filled and surrounded by men and women. Thus did the illustrious sage Aṅgirā, knower of dharma, speak.”

Word by Word

नित्यम्always, constantly

आवसथम्dwelling, residence, abode

राजन्O king

नरनारीसमावृतम्surrounded/filled with men and women

ऋषिःthe sage

एवम्thus

महाभागःhighly fortunate, illustrious

त्वद्विराby your hero (i.e., by you, O hero)

प्राहsaid, spoke

धर्मवित्knower of dharma

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

King (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Aṅgirā (ṛṣi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

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 frames the authority of the teaching by identifying Aṅgirā as a dharma-knowing sage and situating his words in a lived social setting (a dwelling full of people), emphasizing that dharma is taught with awareness of human community and household life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, instructing the king, introduces or continues a quotation: he describes a residence crowded with men and women and then states that the sage Aṅgirā spoke thus, marking a transition into Aṅgirā’s dharma-instruction.