Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततस्तेनाग्निना दग्धो लुब्धको नष्टकल्मष: । जगाम परमां सिद्धिं ततो भरतसत्तम,भरतश्रेष्ठ) तदनन्तर उस आगमें जल जानेसे बहेलियेके सारे पाप नष्ट हो गये और उसने परम सिद्धि प्राप्त कर ली

Transliteration

tatastena

gnin01 dagdho lubdhako na9b9a-kalma63a25 | jag01ma param0143 siddhi43 tato bharata-sattama ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: Entonces, consumido por aquel fuego, el cazador quedó libre de toda mancha de pecado. Después de ello, oh el mejor de los Bharata, alcanzó la perfección espiritual suprema.

Word by Word

ततःthen, thereafter

तेनby that (by him/it)

अग्निनाby fire

दग्धःburnt

लुब्धकःthe hunter

नष्टकल्मषःwhose sins/impurities are destroyed

जगामwent, attained

परमाम्supreme

सिद्धिम्perfection, final attainment

ततःthereupon, then

भरतसत्तमO best of the Bharatas

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Bharata-sattama (Yudhishthira)

lubdhaka (the hunter)

agni (fire)

param01 siddhi (highest attainment)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the moral logic of purification: even a wrongdoer (the hunter) can have sins exhausted and be cleansed when karmic consequences and expiatory forces fully mature, leading to a transformed end-state described as 'highest siddhi'.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma concludes an episode by stating that the hunter was burned in a fire; through that burning his sins were destroyed, and afterward he attained the supreme spiritual accomplishment, as Bhishma addresses Yudhishthira ('best of the Bharatas').