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Shloka 14

Bhīṣma’s Counsel on Reconciliation and Partition (भीष्मोपदेशः—संधि-राज्यविभागविचारः)

श्रूयते हि पुराणेडपि जटिला नाम गौतमी । ऋषीनध्यासितवती सप्त धर्मभूतां वरा

Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca — śrūyate hi purāṇeṣv api jaṭilā nāma gautamī; ṛṣīn adhyāsitavatī sapta dharmabhūtān varā.

យុធិષ્ઠិរ បានមានព្រះបន្ទូលថា៖ «ពិតប្រាកដណាស់ គេបានឮសូម្បីតែក្នុងបុរាណ (Purāṇa) ថា មានកញ្ញាម្នាក់ក្នុងវង្សគោតម ឈ្មោះ ជដិលា ជាអ្នកប្រកបដោយធម៌ល្អឥតខ្ចោះ បានទទួលឥសីប្រាំពីរជាស្វាមី។ ដូច្នេះ ការចង់ចិត្តរបស់ខ្ញុំចំពោះអាពាហ៍ពិពាហ៍នេះ មិនអាចជាអធម៌ឡើយ»។

श्रूयतेis heard / is said
श्रूयते:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन, कर्मणि
हिindeed / for
हि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि
पुराणेin the Purana / in ancient lore
पुराणे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootपुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
जटिलाJatilā (a woman’s name)
जटिला:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजटिला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नामby name / named
नाम:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
गौतमीof Gautama’s lineage / Gautamī
गौतमी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootगौतमी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन
ऋषीन्sages
ऋषीन्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
अध्यासितवतीshe associated with / cohabited with
अध्यासितवती:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-आस् (धातु) + क्तवतु (स्त्री)
Formस्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन, भूत, क्तवतु (स्त्री: -वती)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसप्त
धर्मभूतान्righteous / of the nature of dharma
धर्मभूतान्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootधर्मभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
वरान्excellent ones / noble men
वरान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

युधिछिर उवाच

Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
J
Jaṭilā
G
Gautama (lineage)
S
Seven Ṛṣis
P
Purāṇas

Educational Q&A

Yudhiṣṭhira argues that dharma is clarified by authoritative precedent: when an action appears ethically complex, one may appeal to well-known traditional accounts (here, a Purāṇic example) to show that the act can still be within dharma.

Yudhiṣṭhira defends the moral legitimacy of a proposed marriage by citing a traditional story: Jaṭilā of the Gautama lineage is said to have married seven sages, implying that such an arrangement has precedent among the righteous.