Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच ततस्तेन कृतातिथ्य: सो$तिथि: शत्रुसूदन | उवास किल तां रात्रि सह तेन द्विजेन वै,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--शत्रुसूदन! तदनन्तर वह अतिथि उस ब्राह्मणका आतिथ्य ग्रहण करके रातभर वहीं उस ब्राह्मणके साथ रहा

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | tatastena kṛtātithyaḥ so 'tithiḥ śatrusūdana | uvāsa kila tāṃ rātriṃ saha tena dvijena vai ||

Translation

Bhishma dijo: «Entonces, oh matador de enemigos, aquel huésped—habiendo aceptado la hospitalidad (atithi-satkāra) que se le ofrecía—pasó en verdad esa noche allí, junto a aquel brāhmaṇa».

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

ततःthen/thereafter

तेनby him/with him

कृतातिथ्यःhaving received hospitality / having been hospitably entertained

सःhe

अतिथिःguest

शत्रुसूदनO slayer of enemies (Krishna)

उवासstayed/dwelt

किलindeed/it is said

ताम्that (f.)

रात्रिम्night

सहtogether with

तेनwith him

द्विजेनwith the brahmin (twice-born)

वैindeed/assuredly

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

Śatrusūdana (epithet of the addressee)

Atithi (guest)

Dvija (brahmin)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights atithi-dharma: honouring a guest and the guest’s acceptance of that hospitality are both ethically significant, creating a relationship grounded in trust, propriety, and righteous social conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

After being properly received by a brahmin, the guest accepts the hospitality and stays the entire night there, remaining in the brahmin’s company.