Shloka 49

Devanagari script

स एवमुक्त: सुहृदा तेन तत्र हितैषिणा । प्रत्युवाच ततो राजन्‌ विनिश्चित्य तदार्तवत्‌,राजन! अपने उस हितैषी सुहृदके इस प्रकार कहनेपर गौतम मन-ही-मन कुछ निश्चय करके आर्त-सा होकर बोला--

Transliteration

sa evam uktaḥ suhṛdā tena tatra hitaiṣiṇā | pratyuvāca tato rājan viniścitya tadārtavat ||

Translation

Thus addressed there by that well-wishing friend, he then replied, O King—having inwardly come to a firm decision, yet speaking as one distressed.

Word by Word

सःhe

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been spoken to / addressed

सुहृदाby a friend

तेनby him

तत्रthere

हितैषिणाby a well-wisher

प्रत्युवाचreplied

ततःthen

राजन्O king

विनिश्चित्यhaving ascertained/decided

तदाat that time

आर्तवत्as if distressed

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Rājan (the King, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

suhṛt (a well-wishing friend/adviser)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when advice is offered by a genuine well-wisher, the recipient may face inner turmoil; dharmic action often requires firm discernment (viniścaya) while acknowledging the emotional weight of the decision.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person has been addressed by a friendly, welfare-seeking adviser; after reflecting and deciding internally, he replies to the king, his response colored by distress—signaling a difficult moral or practical choice about to be articulated.