Shloka 69

आपद्धर्मनिर्णयः — विश्वामित्र-श्वपचसंवादः

Apaddharma Determination: Dialogue of Viśvāmitra and the Śvapaca

Devanagari script

अहं हि भृशमापतन्नस्त्वमापन्नतरो मम । द्वयोरापन्नयो: संधि: क्रियतां मा चिराय च

Transliteration

ahaṁ hi bhṛśam āpatann as tvam āpannataro mama | dvayor āpannayoḥ sandhiḥ kriyatāṁ mā cirāya ca ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「私は甚だしい苦境に落ちた。だが汝は私よりなお重い窮地にある。われら二人とも災厄のただ中に立つ以上、今こそ和解を結ぶべきだ——遅れてはならぬ。」

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• हि: indeed/for
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• भृशम्: greatly/exceedingly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम्

• आपतन्: fell into/was in (distress)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपद्
• Form: Imperfect, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• नः: of us/our
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Plural

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• आपन्नतरः: more distressed/more afflicted
• आपन्नतरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपन्नतर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मम: than me/of me
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• द्वयोः: of (us) two
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि
• Form: —, Genitive, Dual

• आपन्नयोः: of the two who are in distress
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आपन्न
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Dual

• सन्धिः: alliance/peace/agreement
• सन्धिः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्धि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• क्रियताम्: let it be made/let it be done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Imperative, 3rd, Singular, Karmani (Passive)

• मा: do not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा

• चिराय: for long (time)/to long delay
• चिराय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिर
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

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

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When both sides are afflicted, dharma may favor timely reconciliation (sandhi) over prolonging hostility; delay only deepens harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma urges the other party to recognize their shared crisis and to conclude a settlement quickly, framing peace as a practical and ethical necessity in adversity.