Mahabharata — Adi Parva, Shloka 36

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

भीष्मस्य चास्य वचनान्नियोगाच्च ममानघ । अनुक्रोशाच्च भूतानां सर्वेषां रक्षणाय च

Transliteration

bhīṣmasya cāsya vacanān niyogāc ca mamānagha | anukrośāc ca bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「罪なき者よ、これはビーシュマの言葉に従い、また私の委任に従ってなされた。さらに、あらゆる生きとし生けるものへの憐れみと、万人を守護するためでもある。」

Word by Word

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• भीष्मस्य: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वचनात्: from/owing to (his) word; because of the statement
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• नियोगात्: from/owing to the command/appointment
• नियोगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियोग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनुक्रोशात्: from compassion; out of pity
• अनुक्रोशात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रोश
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

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

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• भूतानाम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• रक्षणाय: for protection
• रक्षणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

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

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse grounds action in dharmic motives: obedience to rightful instruction (Bhīṣma’s counsel and an authorized commission) combined with universal compassion and the duty to protect all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana explains the reasons for proceeding with a narration/undertaking: he is acting under Bhīṣma’s directive and a formal charge, and he frames the purpose as compassionate safeguarding of all creatures.