Shloka 15

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

Devanagari script

तथैव मुनिजा वार्क्षी तपोभिभर्भावितात्मन: । संगताभूद्‌ दश भ्रातृनेकनाम्न: प्रचेतस:

Transliteration

tathaiva munijā vārkṣī tapobhir bhāvitātmanaḥ | saṅgatābhūd daśa bhrātṝn ekanāmnaḥ pracetasaḥ ||

Translation

ಅದೇ ರೀತಿಯಾಗಿ ಕಂದು ಮುನಿಯ ಪುತ್ರಿ ವಾರ್ಕ್ಷೀ, ತಪಸ್ಸಿನಿಂದ ಅಂತರಾತ್ಮ ಶುದ್ಧವಾಗಿ ಬಲಗೊಂಡು, ಒಂದೇ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧರಾಗಿದ್ದ ಸಹೋದರರಾದ ಹತ್ತು ಪ್ರಚೇತಸ ಸಹೋದರರೊಂದಿಗೆ ವಿವಾಹಬಂಧಕ್ಕೆ ಸೇರಿದ್ದಳು.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• मुनिजा: the sage-born woman (daughter of a sage)
• मुनिजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनिजा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वार्क्षी: Vārkṣī (proper name)
• वार्क्षी: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार्क्षी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• तपोभिः: by austerities
• तपोभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• भर्भावितात्मनः: of (one) whose inner self was purified/strengthened
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भावितात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• संगता: joined, united
• संगता: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संगत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अभूत्: became
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Aorist (simple past), 3rd, Singular

• दश: ten
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• भ्रातॄन्: brothers
• भ्रातॄन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• एकनाम्नः: of the same name
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकनामन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• प्रचेतसः: of the Pracetases (a group of ten)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रचेतस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• युधिष्ठिर (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• कण्डु मुनि (Sage Kaṇḍu)
• वार्क्षी (Vārkṣī)
• प्रचेतसः (the ten Pracetas brothers)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights tapas as a means of inner refinement (bhāvitātman) and presents marriage as a dharmic social bond that links lineages; ethical emphasis falls on purity of conduct and the orderly continuation of family lines.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira recounts that Vārkṣī, the sage Kaṇḍu’s daughter, formed a marital union with the ten Pracetas brothers, who are collectively known by one shared name and are described as mutually united as brothers.