Shloka 87

धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)

Devanagari script

तयोयें त्वन्वये जाता भविष्यन्ति वनौकस: । महाबला महावीर्या: शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमा:,उन दोनोंके वंशमें जो वनवासी वानर जन्म लेंगे, वे महाबली, महापराक्रमी और इन्द्रके तुल्य पराक्रम प्रकट करनेमें समर्थ होंगे

Transliteration

tayor ye tv anvaye jātā bhaviṣyanti vanaukasaḥ | mahābalā mahāvīryāḥ śakra-tulya-parākramāḥ ||

Translation

Bhīṣma said: “Those who will be born in the lineage of those two as forest-dwelling monkeys will be of great strength and great heroism, capable of displaying prowess equal to that of Śakra (Indra).”

Word by Word

• तयोः: of those two
• तयोः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुं (सर्वनाम), षष्ठी, द्विवचन

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• अन्वये: in the lineage
• अन्वये: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• जाताः: born
• जाताः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जात (√जन्)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भविष्यन्ति: will be / will become
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथम, बहुवचन

• वनौकसः: forest-dwellers
• वनौकसः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वनौकस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महाबलाः: very strong
• महाबलाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाबल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महावीर्याः: of great valor/energy
• महावीर्याः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महावीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमाः: having prowess equal to Indra
• शक्रतुल्यपराक्रमाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्र-तुल्य-पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

(भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Śakra (Indra)
• vanaukasaḥ (forest-dwelling monkeys/vanaras)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the idea that noble qualities—strength, valor, and heroic capability—can manifest powerfully through lineage and destiny, and that extraordinary human-like excellence may be described through comparison with divine standards (Indra).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing a future outcome: descendants in the line of “those two” will be born as forest-dwelling monkeys (vanaras) and will possess exceptional might and valor, comparable to Indra’s prowess.