Shloka 1
अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च
Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations
इस प्रकार श्रीमहाभारत शान्तिपर्वके अन्तर्गत गोक्षधर्मपर्वमें वृत्रायुरका वधविषयक दो सौ इक्यासीवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ ॥/ २८१ ॥। (दाक्षिणात्य अधिक पाठका ई श्लोक मिलाकर कुछ ४४ ३ “लोक हैं) मा जम (> दयशीर्त्याधिकद्विशततमो< ध्याय: वृत्रासुरका वध और उससे कह ई ब्रह्महत्याका ब्रह्माजीके द्वारा चार स्थानोंमें विभाजन भीष्म उवाच वृत्रस्थ तु महाराज ज्वराविष्टस्य सर्वश: । अभवन् यानि लिज्भनि शरीरे तानि मे शृणु,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--महाराज! ज्वरसे आविष्ट हुए वृत्रासुरके शरीरमें जो लक्षण प्रकट हुए थे, उन्हें मुझसे सुनो
bhīṣma uvāca | vṛtrasya tu mahārāja jvarāviṣṭasya sarvaśaḥ | abhavan yāni liṅgāni śarīre tāni me śṛṇu ||
Bhishma said: O great king, listen from me to the signs that appeared all over the body of Vṛtra when he was seized by fever.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces a description of bodily signs (liṅgāni) arising from affliction, preparing the ethical frame in which actions—especially violent or sinful ones—are shown to have tangible consequences and to require discernment and, later, expiation.
Bhishma addresses the king (Yudhiṣṭhira) and begins recounting how Vṛtra, afflicted by fever, displayed various signs across his body—an opening to the episode connected with Vṛtra’s death and the broader discussion of brahmahatyā and its ramifications.