Shloka 24

Bhīṣma–Śiśupāla-saṃvādaḥ

Bhishma and Shishupala’s exchange in the assembly

Devanagari script

दारयोर्यस्य चान्येन मिषत:ः प्राज्ञमानिन: । तव जातान्यपत्यानि सज्जनाचरिते पथि,उन्हींकी दोनों विधवा पत्नियोंके गर्भसे तुम-जैसे पण्डितमानीके देखते-देखते दूसरे पुरुषद्वारा संतानें उत्पन्न की गयीं, फिर भी तुम अपनेको साधु पुरुषोंके मार्गपर स्थिर मानते हो

Transliteration

dārayoḥ yasya cānyena miṣataḥ prājñamāninaḥ | tava jātāny apatyāni sajjanācarite pathi ||

Translation

Śiśupāla said: “Even while you—who pride yourself on wisdom—looked on, children were begotten for your two widowed wives by another man. Yet you still claim to stand upon the path of conduct followed by the virtuous.”

Word by Word

दारयोःof (his) two wives

यस्यof whom/whose

चand

अन्येनby another (man)

मिषतःwhile (you) were looking/onlooking

प्राज्ञमानिनःof you who think yourself wise

तवyour

जातानिborn/produced

अपत्यानिchildren/offspring

सज्जनाचरितेin (the way) practiced by good people

पथिon the path

Speaker

शिशुपाल उवाच

Characters & Entities

Śiśupāla

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes