Shloka 12

वृत्ति-सत्सङ्ग-दान-धर्म

Livelihood, Virtuous Association, and Ethics of Giving

Devanagari script

ववौ सुख: शिवो वायुर्नानागन्धवह: शुचि: । सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेता: पुष्पवन्तो टद्रुमास्तथा

Transliteration

vavau sukhaḥ śivo vāyur nānāgandhavahaḥ śuciḥ | sarvartukusumopetāḥ puṣpavanto tad-drumās tathā ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “A pure, gentle, and auspicious breeze kept blowing, carrying many kinds of fragrance. Trees laden with blossoms—adorned with flowers of every season—enhanced the beauty of that lofty summit.”

Word by Word

• ववौ: blew
• Type: Verb
• Root: वा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), perfect (past), 3, singular

• सुखः: pleasant
• सुखः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शिवः: auspicious
• शिवः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• नाना: various, diverse
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/विशेषणार्थक)

• गन्ध-वहः: carrying fragrance
• गन्ध-वहः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गन्धवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• शुचिः: pure, clean
• शुचिः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• सर्व-ऋतु-कुसुम-उपेताः: endowed with flowers of all seasons
• सर्व-ऋतु-कुसुम-उपेताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपेत (कृदन्त; √इ + उप)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• पुष्पवन्तः: flowering, full of blossoms
• पुष्पवन्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्पवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• ते: those
• ते: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• द्रुमाः: trees
• द्रुमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: masculine, nominative, plural

• तथा: also, likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• vāyu (wind/breeze)
• druma (trees)
• kusuma/puṣpa (flowers)
• śikhara (summit/peak, implied by context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses a serene, fragrant, and seasonally blossoming landscape to signal auspiciousness and purity—an ethical atmosphere conducive to śānti (inner calm), reflection, and dharmic instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing the setting: a lofty place where a pure, pleasant breeze carries many fragrances and flowering trees—bearing blossoms of all seasons—beautify the summit.