Shloka 143

Devanagari script

तालवृन्तान्युपादाय पर्यवीजन्त सर्वश: । माद्रीकुमार नकुल और सहदेवने पगड़ी हाथमें लेकर भीष्मजीके मस्तकपर रखी। कौरवराजके रनिवासकी स्ट्रियाँ ताड़के पंखे हाथमें लेकर कुरुकुलधुरन्धर भीष्मजीके शवको सब ओरसे हवा करने लगीं

Transliteration

tālavṛntāny upādāya paryavījanta sarvaśaḥ | mādrīkumarau nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca pāgṛīṃ hastam ādāya bhīṣmasya mastake nyadhāpayatām | kauravarājasya ranivāsastriyaḥ tālapattravījān hastagṛhītāḥ kurukuladhurandharaṃ bhīṣmaṃ śavaṃ sarvato vāyum akarot ||

Translation

ໄວສັມປາຍະນະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ພວກເຂົາໄດ້ຖືພັດໃບຕານ ແລະພັດລົມຈາກທຸກທິດ. ລູກຊາຍຂອງມາດຣີ—ນະກຸລະ ແລະ ສະຫະເທວະ—ຍົກຜ້າໂພກຫົວໄວ້ໃນມື ແລ້ວນຳໄປວາງເທິງສີສະຂອງບີສະມະ. ບັນດານາງໃນຫ້ອງໃນຂອງກະສັດກຸຣຸ ຖືພັດໃບຕານ ພັດລົມຢ່າງອ່ອນໂຍນຈາກທຸກທິດເທິງຮ່າງຂອງບີສະມະ—ເພື່ອຖວາຍກຽດແກ່ຜູ້ແບກຮັບສາຍກຸຣຸອັນຍິ່ງໃຫຍ່ ແມ່ນແຕ່ໃນຄວາມຕາຍ. ພາບນີ້ຊີ້ໃຫ້ເຫັນໜ້າທີ່ທາງທຳມະໃນການເຄົາລົບຜູ້ເຖົ້າແກ່ ແລະຜູ້ລົ້ມຕາຍ ພ້ອມທັງຄວາມເຄົາລົບທີ່ສືບຕໍ່ເກີນກວ່າຄວາມຮຸນແຮງໃນສະໜາມຮົບ.

Word by Word

• तालवृन्तानि: palm-leaf fans
• तालवृन्तानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तालवृन्त
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• उपादाय: having taken
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-आ-दा
• Form: Ktva (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for ktvā)

• पर्यवीजन्त: they fanned
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-आ-वीज्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Plural, Parasmaipada

• सर्वशः: on all sides / in every way
• सर्वशः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma
• Nakula
• Sahadeva
• Mādrī
• Kaurava king (Kuru ruler)
• women of the royal inner apartments (ranivāsa-striyaḥ)
• palm-leaf fans (tālavṛnta)
• turban (pāgṛī)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even after conflict, dharma requires honoring elders and the fallen with dignity. The respectful acts—covering the head and fanning the body—express gratitude and reverence toward Bhīṣma as a guardian of the Kuru line, showing that ethical conduct continues beyond victory or defeat.

What is happening in the narrative?

After Bhīṣma’s passing, attendants and royal women fan his body with palm-leaf fans. Nakula and Sahadeva, the sons of Mādrī, place a turban on Bhīṣma’s head as an honorific gesture, treating him as a revered elder and dynastic pillar.