Shloka 8

अम्बा-शाल्वसंवादः | Amba’s Appeal to Śālva and His Refusal

Devanagari script

तस्य दारक्रियां तात चिकीर्षुरहमप्युत । अनुरूपादिव कुलादित्येव च मनो दथे,तात! तब मैंने अपने योग्य कुलसे कन्या लाकर उनका विवाह करनेका निश्चय किया

Transliteration

tasya dārakriyāṃ tāta cikīrṣur aham apy uta | anurūpād iva kulād ity eva ca mano dadhe, tāta ||

Translation

My child, wishing to perform his marriage rites, I resolved in my mind to bring him a bride from a family truly suitable to him.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine/neuter, genitive, singular

• दारक्रियाम्: marriage-rite (wedding ceremony)
• दारक्रियाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारक्रिया
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• तात: O dear father/sir
• तात: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• चिकीर्षुः: wishing to do/perform
• चिकीर्षुः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिकीर्षु
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: common, nominative, singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• उत: and/indeed/further
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उत

• अनुरूपात्: from a suitable (matching) [one]
• अनुरूपात्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुरूप
• Form: masculine/neuter, ablative, singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• कुलात्: from a family/lineage
• कुलात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल
• Form: neuter, ablative, singular

• इति: thus (quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

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

• मनः: mind/intent
• मनः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• दधे: I placed/formed (I resolved)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा
• Form: perfect (liṭ), 1st, singular, ātmanepada

• तात: O father/sir
• तात: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights a guardian’s dharma: to ensure proper marital rites and to seek an appropriate match, emphasizing responsibility, suitability (anurūpatā), and thoughtful resolve rather than impulsive action.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that he formed the intention to arrange a marriage for him (the concerned prince/ward), deciding to bring a bride from a fitting lineage, indicating the start of marriage negotiations/arrangements.