Shloka 48

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

मारुते संनिवृत्ते च बलौ च प्रतिपादिते

Transliteration

mārute saṃnivṛtte ca balau ca pratipādite

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “When the wind had subsided, and when strength and stability had been duly restored and established…”.

Word by Word

• मारुते: in/when the wind (Maruta) [was]
• मारुते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• संनिवृत्ते: having ceased/withdrawn
• संनिवृत्ते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सं-नि-वृत्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• बलौ: in/when the strength/force [was]
• बलौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• प्रतिपादिते: having been established/set forth
• प्रतिपादिते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रति-√पद्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Wind (Māruta/Vāyu)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line signals a dharmic transition: after turbulence (symbolized by wind) has quieted, one should re-establish strength and steadiness in a proper, orderly way—implying that ethical action and governance require calm, restored balance, and firm foundations rather than impulsive reaction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is mid-discourse and introduces a condition or setting: once the disruptive force (the wind) has subsided and strength has been properly re-established, the next step of the account or instruction can proceed. The verse reads like a connective clause leading into the subsequent statement.