Shloka 126

Devanagari script

ययावानयितुं भूय: सायकानसितेक्षणा । कजरारे नेत्रोंवाली वह कल्याणमयी देवी एक जगह दो ही घड़ी ठहरकर पतिके शापके भयसे पुनः उन बाणोंको लानेके लिये चल दी

Transliteration

yayāv ānayituṃ bhūyaḥ sāyakān asitekṣaṇā | kajarāre netrōṃvālī vah kalyāṇamayī devī eka jagaha do hī ghaṛī ṭhaharakara patike śāpake bhayase punaḥ una bāṇōṃko lāneke liye cala dī ||

Translation

Bhishma said: The dark-eyed, auspicious lady set out once more to fetch the arrows. Pausing only briefly in one place, she resumed her journey to recover those shafts, driven by fear of her husband’s curse.

Word by Word

• ययौ: went
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (गमन)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद, परोक्षभूत/परिपूर्णभूत), 3, singular

• आनयितुम्: to bring
• आनयितुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (नयन) + आ
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• भूयः: again
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्

• सायकान्: arrows
• सायकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक
• Form: masculine, accusative, plural

• असितेक्षणा: she of dark-eyed gaze (dark-eyed woman)
• असितेक्षणा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: असित-ईक्षणा
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• the auspicious dark-eyed lady (devī)
• arrows (sāyakāḥ)
• husband (pati)
• curse (śāpa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral force attributed to spoken words—especially a curse—and how social and marital obligations can impel immediate action. It implicitly warns about the gravity of utterances and the ethical weight they carry in dharmic life.

What is happening in the narrative?

A dark-eyed, auspicious woman briefly halts and then sets out again to bring back arrows, motivated by fear of her husband’s curse. Bhishma narrates this as part of a larger account in the Anushasana Parva.