Shloka 10

Śulka, Kanyā, and Dauhitra-Riktha: Discourse on Bride-Price and Inheritance Rights (शुल्क-कन्या-दौहित्र-रिक्थविचारः)

Devanagari script

पुष्पाणि तानि दृष्ट्वा तु तदाड़्जेन्द्रवराड़ना । भगिनीं चोदयामास पुष्पार्थे चारुलोचना

Transliteration

puṣpāṇi tāni dṛṣṭvā tu tadā rājendra-varāṅganā | bhaginīṁ codayāmāsa puṣpārthe cārulocanā ||

Translation

ビーシュマは語った。あの花々を見て、蓮華のごとき眼をもつ麗しき王妃――王家の婦人の中でも最もすぐれた者――は、妹に促し、同じ花を手に入れてくるよう求めた。

Word by Word

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral)

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• अर्जेन्द्रवराराधना: the worshipper/adorer of the best of kings (epithet; a lady)
• अर्जेन्द्रवराराधना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जेन्द्रवराराधना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भगिनीम्: sister
• भगिनीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगिनी
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• चोदयामास: urged/requested
• Type: Verb
• Root: चुद्
• Form: लिट् (perfect), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुष्पार्थे: for the sake of flowers / regarding flowers
• पुष्पार्थे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्पार्थ
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• चारुलोचना: she of beautiful eyes
• चारुलोचना: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चारुलोचना
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a queen (rājendra-varāṅganā)
• her sister (bhaginī)
• flowers (puṣpa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse subtly illustrates how attraction to pleasant objects (here, flowers) can initiate requests and decisions that influence later events; ethical reflection lies in noticing how small desires can become causes within a larger chain of consequences.

What is happening in the narrative?

A beautiful queen sees certain flowers and, wanting the same, urges her sister to procure them for her.