Shloka 1

Devanagari script

(दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठके २ श्लोक मिलाकर कुल १०५ श्लोक हैं) नल्लजा5 >> 7 जा विशो<ध्याय: अष्टावक्र और उत्तर दिशाका संवाद भीष्म उवाच अथ सा स्त्री तमुवाच बाढमेवं भवत्विति । तैलं दिव्यमुपादाय स्नानशाटीमुपानयत्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | atha sā strī tam uvāca bāḍham evaṁ bhavatv iti | tailaṁ divyam upādāya snānaśāṭīm upānayat |

Translation

Bhishma said: Then that woman said to him, “So be it; let it be as you say.” Taking up a divine oil, she brought a bathing-cloth. The episode advances the ethical tone of the dialogue by showing prompt assent, hospitality, and the careful preparation for a purificatory act—outer cleanliness serving as a support for inner discipline and dharma.

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

अथthen

साshe

स्त्रीwoman

तम्him

उवाचsaid

बाढम्certainly; very well

एवम्thus

भवतुlet it be

इतिthus (quotative)

तैलम्oil

दिव्यम्divine

उपादायhaving taken

स्नानशाटीम्bathing-cloth; bath-garment

उपानयत्brought; presented

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

a woman (strī)

divine oil (tailaṁ divyam)

bathing-cloth (snānaśāṭī)

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?

Read ethically, the verse highlights readiness to cooperate in a dharmic course of action and the importance of preparatory purity—material arrangements (oil, bathing cloth) supporting a larger moral or spiritual purpose.

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman agrees to what has been proposed (“So be it”) and immediately brings divine oil and a bathing cloth, indicating preparations for bathing/ablution or a purificatory procedure within the ongoing dialogue.