Shloka 136

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

यद्‌ भवानाह तत्‌ सर्व मया ते लोमश श्रुतम्‌ ममापि तावद्‌ ब्रुवतः शृणु यत्‌ प्रतिभाति मे

Transliteration

yad bhavān āha tat sarvaṃ mayā te lomaśa śrutam | mamāpi tāvad bruvataḥ śṛṇu yat pratibhāti me ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「ローマシャよ、汝の語ったことはすべて、私は注意深く余すところなく聞いた。今度は私が語る番だ。語りつつ、我が理解に浮かぶところを聞け。」

Word by Word

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: भवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• आह: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह्
• Form: Perfect, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सर्वम्: all, entirely
• सर्वम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular

• ते: of you, your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• लोमश: O Lomasha
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• श्रुतम्: heard
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

• अपि: also, even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• तावत्: so much; for now; meanwhile
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत्

• ब्रुवतः: of (me) speaking
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Present Active Participle (शतृ), Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• शृणु: hear, listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: what (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• प्रतिभाति: appears (to mind), occurs
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-भा
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Dative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Lomaśa

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse models dhārmic dialogue: first, careful listening to another’s words, and then offering one’s own considered insight. It emphasizes respectful exchange and reflective speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses the sage Lomaśa, acknowledging that he has heard Lomaśa’s entire statement attentively, and then asks Lomaśa to listen as Bhishma presents what has arisen in his own mind.