Shloka 14

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

Devanagari script

श्रूयते हि पुराणेडपि जटिला नाम गौतमी । ऋषीनध्यासितवती सप्त धर्मभूतां वरा

Transliteration

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

Translation

ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ແທ້ຈິງ ໃນປຸຣານະກໍຍັງໄດ້ຍິນວ່າ ມີນາງສາວໃນສາຍຕະກູນໂຄຕະມະ ຊື່ ຈະຕິລາ—ເປັນຜູ້ປະເສີດໃນບັນດາຜູ້ຖືທຳ—ໄດ້ຮັບຣິສີເຈັດອົງເປັນສາມີ. ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຄວາມໂນ້ມໃຈຂອງຂ້າຕໍ່ການແຕ່ງງານນີ້ ຈຶ່ງບໍ່ອາດຂັດກັບທຳໄດ້ເລີຍ»។

Word by Word

• श्रूयते: is heard / is said
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट्, आत्मनेपद, प्रथम, एकवचन, कर्मणि

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

• पुराणे: in the Purana / in ancient lore
• पुराणे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन

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

• जटिला: Jatilā (a woman’s name)
• जटिला: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जटिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नाम: by name / named
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• गौतमी: of Gautama’s lineage / Gautamī
• गौतमी: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गौतमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ऋषीन्: sages
• ऋषीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• अध्यासितवती: she associated with / cohabited with
• अध्यासितवती: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-आस् (धातु) + क्तवतु (स्त्री)
• Form: स्त्री, प्रथमा, एकवचन, भूत, क्तवतु (स्त्री: -वती)

• सप्त: seven
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्त

• धर्मभूतान्: righteous / of the nature of dharma
• धर्मभूतान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• वरान्: excellent ones / noble men
• वरान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Jaṭilā
• Gautama (lineage)
• Seven Ṛṣis
• Purāṇas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.