Shloka 56

Devanagari script

ततो विमुच्य देवेन्द्र ब्रह्म॒वध्या युधिष्ठिर । यथा विसृष्टं तं वासमगमद्‌ देवशासनात्‌,युधिष्ठिर! तदनन्तर देवराज इन्द्रको छोड़कर वह ब्रह्महत्या ब्रह्माजीकी आज्ञासे उनके दिये हुए पूर्वोक्त निवास-स्थानोंको चली गयी

Transliteration

tato vimucya devendra brahmavadhyā yudhiṣṭhira | yathā visṛṣṭaṃ taṃ vāsaṃ agamad devaśāsanāt ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Then, O Yudhiṣṭhira, Indra—the lord of the gods—was released from the taint of brahmahatyā. In accordance with the divine ordinance, that sin departed and went to the previously assigned abodes.”

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

विमुच्यhaving released

देवेन्द्रO Indra, lord of gods

ब्रह्मवध्याःfrom (the sin/personified) Brahma-slaying

युधिष्ठिरO Yudhiṣṭhira

यथाas, in the manner that

विसृष्टम्sent forth, assigned

तम्that

वासम्dwelling, abode

अगमत्went

देवशासनात्by/from the command of the god (i.e., Brahmā/Deva)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Yudhiṣṭhira

Indra (Devendra)

Brahmavadhyā (personified sin of brahmahatyā)

Brahmā (implied in the accompanying Hindi gloss as the authority assigning abodes)

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?

Moral fault binds even the powerful; release from grave sin (brahmahatyā) is not arbitrary but occurs through rightful authority and in accordance with dharma, emphasizing accountability and the ordered process of expiation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma tells Yudhiṣṭhira that Indra is freed from the personified taint of brahmahatyā, and that the sin, by divine command, departs to the abodes previously allotted to it.