Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 74 Shloka 26 - Mahabharata | Gujarati | Vedapath

Vyasa

Shloka 26

Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

नद्यो वीथ्य: सभा वाप्यो दीर्घिकाश्वैव सर्वश: । घोषवन्ति च यानानि युक्तान्यथ सहस्रश:

Transliteration

nadyo vīthyaḥ sabhā vāpyō dīrghikāś caiva sarvaśaḥ | ghoṣavanti ca yānāni yuktāny atha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

તે તેજસ્વી લોકોમાં મેં સર્વત્ર નદીઓ, વિશાળ ગલીઓ, સભાભવન, કૂવા અને જળાશયો, તેમજ લાંબા તળાવો જોયા. અને હજારો-હજારો યાનો પણ જોયાં—જોડાયેલા અને તૈયાર—જે મંગલઘોષથી ગુંજતા હતા।

Word by Word

नद्यःrivers

वीथ्यःstreets, lanes

सभाassembly-hall

वाप्यःstepwells, reservoirs

दीर्घिकाःponds, tanks

एवindeed, also

सर्वशःeverywhere, in all ways

घोषवन्तिresounding, noisy

चand

यानानिvehicles, conveyances

युक्तानिyoked, harnessed, prepared

अथthen, moreover

सहस्रशःby thousands, in thousands

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

rivers (nadyaḥ)

streets (vīthyaḥ)

assembly-halls (sabhāḥ)

wells/reservoirs (vāpyāḥ)

tanks/ponds (dīrghikāḥ)

vehicles/chariots (yānāni)

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 presents prosperity and orderly civic life as the visible outcome of dharma and accumulated merit: righteous conduct is portrayed as leading to harmonious, well-provisioned realms where resources, institutions, and conveyances are abundant and properly arranged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes what he has seen in exalted or divine regions—an expansive, well-structured landscape filled with waterways, public spaces, waterworks, and countless ready vehicles—emphasizing the grandeur and completeness of those realms.