Shloka 11

अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः

Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge

Devanagari script

वाक्यं सत्यं च ते वीर भविष्यति कृतं विभो । इयं चापि प्रतिज्ञा ते तदा राम महामुने

Transliteration

vākyaṁ satyaṁ ca te vīra bhaviṣyati kṛtaṁ vibho | iyaṁ cāpi pratijñā te tadā rāma mahāmune ||

Translation

ビーシュマは言った。「勇士よ、力ある主よ、汝の言葉は必ず真となり、成就する。さらに、かの時に立てた汝の誓いもまた、ラーマよ大聖よ、決して空しくはならぬ。」

Word by Word

• वाक्यम्: statement, word
• वाक्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सत्यम्: true
• सत्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

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

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

• वीर: O hero
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Simple Future (Luṭ), Third, Singular

• कृतम्: done, fulfilled
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Past Passive Participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• विभो: O mighty one, O lord
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: also/and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

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

• प्रतिज्ञा: promise, vow
• प्रतिज्ञा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिज्ञा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तदा: then, at that time
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• राम: O Rama
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• महामुने: O great sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामुनि
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse upholds satya (truthfulness) and pratijñā (a solemn vow) as binding moral forces: a noble person’s spoken word is treated as an ethical commitment that must come to fruition.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses Rama (Paraśurāma), affirming that Rama’s statement and earlier pledge will be fulfilled—reinforcing the seriousness of vows and the inevitability of their moral consequence within the epic’s unfolding events.