Shloka 8

Vipula’s Guru-Obedience, Divine Flowers, and the Peril of Others’ Oaths (विपुलोपाख्यानम्—पुष्पप्राप्तिः शपथ-प्रसङ्गश्च)

Devanagari script

उशना वेद यच्छास्त्रं यच्च वेद बृहस्पति:

Transliteration

uśanā veda yacchāstraṃ yacca veda bṛhaspatiḥ

Translation

ຢຸທິສຖິຣະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ຄຳສອນອັນສັກສິດທີ່ ອຸຊະນາ (ຊຸກຣະ) ຮູ້ ແລະທີ່ ບຣິຫັດສະປະຕິ ຮູ້ດ້ວຍ—»

Word by Word

• उशना: Ushanas (Shukra)
• उशना: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: उशनस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शास्त्रम्: treatise; teaching; scripture
• शास्त्रम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वेद: knows
• वेद: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), 3rd, Singular

• बृहस्पतिः: Brihaspati
• बृहस्पतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

युधिछिर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Uśanā (Śukra)
• Bṛhaspati

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse invokes two eminent authorities—Śukra (Uśanā) and Bṛhaspati—to frame a discussion of śāstra-based guidance. Ethically, it signals that right conduct and sound policy should be grounded in well-attested teachings, not mere personal impulse.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yudhiṣṭhira is speaking and introducing (or appealing to) the authoritative knowledge of Uśanā and Bṛhaspati, setting up a point about what the śāstra teaches according to these renowned preceptors.