Shloka 113

मातङ्ग–शक्रसंवादः

Mataṅga–Śakra Dialogue on Tapas, Status, and Moral Qualities

Devanagari script

मेने दिविष्ठमात्मानं तुष्टया परमया युत:ः । शुद्ध अन्तःकरणवाले उन ऋषि-मुनियोंकी बातें सुनकर भीष्मजी बहुत संतुष्ट हुए और अपनेको स्वर्गमें ही स्थित मानने लगे

Transliteration

Vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca: mene divi-stham ātmānaṃ tuṣṭyā paramayā yutaḥ.

Translation

Vaiśaṃpāyana said: Endowed with supreme contentment, Bhīṣma regarded himself as already abiding in heaven. Hearing the pure-hearted words of the sages, he became deeply satisfied—suggesting that inner purity and wise counsel can confer a foretaste of liberation even while one remains in the world.

Word by Word

• मेने: thought; considered
• मेने: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (मन्यते)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• दिवि-स्थम्: standing in heaven; heaven-abiding
• दिवि-स्थम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिवि-स्थ (स्थ + दिवि)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: himself; the self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तुष्टया: with satisfaction; by contentment
• तुष्टया: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमया: supreme; highest
• परमया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युतः: endowed (with); joined
• युतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (युज्-क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśaṃpāyana
• Bhīṣma
• ṛṣi-muni (sages)
• svarga/div (heaven)