Shloka 11

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

अथ वृत्रस्यथ कौरव्य शरीरादभिनि:सृता

Transliteration

atha vṛtrasya tha kauravya śarīrād abhiniḥsṛtā

Translation

ಆಗ, ಓ ಕೌರವ್ಯ, ವೃತ್ರನ ದೇಹದಿಂದ (ಏನೋ) ಹೊರಗೆ ಹೊರಟುಬಂದಿತು।

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• वृत्रस्य: of Vṛtra
• वृत्रस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: then/and then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरव्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• शरीरात्: from the body
• शरीरात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• अभिनिःसृता: came/forth issued out
• अभिनिःसृता: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-नि-√सृ (सरणे)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Kauravya (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Vṛtra

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse functions as a narrative hinge in Bhīṣma’s instruction: it introduces a consequential manifestation emerging from Vṛtra, implying that deeds and conflicts culminate in tangible outcomes—an ethical reminder that actions bear inevitable results within dharma-centered storytelling.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira (“Kauravya”) and describes a moment in the Vṛtra episode: something is said to emerge from Vṛtra’s body, setting up the next detail of the story and its moral implication.