Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तस्तथेत्येवं प्रत्युकत्वा च्यवनो मुनि: । अभ्यनुज्ञाय नृपतिं तीर्थयात्रां ययौ तदा,कुशिकके ऐसा कहनेपर च्यवन मुनि बोले “तथास्तु”। फिर वे राजासे विदा ले वहाँसे तत्काल तीर्थयात्राके लिये चले गये

Transliteration

evam uktas tathety evaṁ pratyuktvā cyavano muniḥ | abhyanujñāya nṛpatiṁ tīrthayātrāṁ yayau tadā ||

Translation

Thus addressed, the sage Cyavana replied, “So be it.” Having taken leave of the king, he then set out at once on a pilgrimage to the sacred fords (tīrthas).

Word by Word

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been addressed/said to

तथाso; in that manner

इतिthus (quotative)

एवम्thus

प्रत्युक्त्वाhaving replied

चand

च्यवनःCyavana

मुनिःsage

अभ्यनुज्ञायhaving taken leave/asked permission

नृपतिम्the king

तीर्थयात्राम्pilgrimage (journey to sacred fords)

ययौwent

तदाthen

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Cyavana

nṛpati (the king)

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 highlights dharmic decorum: one should respond truthfully and graciously (“tathāstu”), and act with propriety by formally taking/giving leave before undertaking a religious duty such as pilgrimage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Cyavana, having been addressed by the king, assents to the request, then respectfully concludes the interaction and departs immediately to begin a tīrtha-yātrā (pilgrimage).