Shloka 13

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

उवाच व्रीडितो राजंस्तां योगबलमोहिताम्‌ । एह्योहीति ततः सा तु प्रतिवक्तुमियेष तम्‌

Transliteration

uvāca vrīḍito rājan tāṃ yogabala-mohitām | ehyo hīti tataḥ sā tu prativaktum iyeṣa tam ||

Translation

Bhīṣma dijo: «Oh rey, Indra, avergonzado al verla—confundida por el poder del yoga—le dijo: “Ven, ven”. Al oír su invitación, ella quiso responderle».

Word by Word

• उवाच: said/spoke
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• व्रीडितः: ashamed
• व्रीडितः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रीडित (व्रीड् + क्त)
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• योगबलमोहिताम्: deluded/overpowered by the power of yoga
• योगबलमोहिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योगबल-मोहित (मुह् + क्त)
• Form: feminine, accusative, singular

• एहि: come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (ए/इ) (आगमनार्थ)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), 2, singular, परस्मैपद

• उ: indeed/and (emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उ

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

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सा: she
• सा: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: feminine, nominative, singular

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

• प्रतिवक्तुम्: to reply/answer
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रतिवच्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• इयेष: desired/wished
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (इच्छार्थे) / इष् (इच्छार्थे)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत), 3, singular, परस्मैपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• King (Yudhishthira, implied by rājan)
• Indra (implied by context; Śacīpati in the prose gloss)
• Ruci/Rucikā (as per the accompanying Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical force of self-restraint: yogic discipline can neutralize sensual agitation, and moral modesty (vrīḍā/hrī) acts as an inner check even for the powerful when confronted with purity and restraint.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that Indra, seeing the woman under the influence of yogic power and feeling ashamed, calls her to come; upon hearing this, she prepares to respond to him.