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Shloka 6

Dāna–Tapaḥ Praśaṃsā and Gṛhastha-Upadeśa

Maitreya

भीष्म उवाच सो<प्यरण्यमनुप्राप्य पुनरेव युधिष्ठिर । महर्षेर्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रजा धर्मेण पाल्य च

bhīṣma uvāca: so 'py araṇyam anuprāpya punar eva yudhiṣṭhira | maharṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā prajā dharmeṇa pālya ca ||

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഹേ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠനായ യുധിഷ്ഠിരാ! ആ മുൻകാല കീടം വീണ്ടും വനത്തിലെത്തി മഹർഷിയുടെ വചനം ശ്രവിച്ച് ധർമ്മാനുസാരമായി പ്രജയെ പാലിച്ചു. പിന്നെ വീണ്ടും വനത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങി അല്പകാലത്തിനകം പരലോകം പ്രാപിച്ചു; പ്രജാപാലനധർമ്മത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താൽ ബ്രാഹ്മണകുലത്തിൽ ജനിച്ചു.

भीष्मःBhishma
भीष्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अपिalso/even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अरण्यम्forest
अरण्यम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअरण्य
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अनुप्राप्यhaving reached
अनुप्राप्य:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-प्र-आप्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
पुनःagain
पुनः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
युधिष्ठिरO Yudhishthira
युधिष्ठिर:
TypeNoun
Rootयुधिष्ठिर
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
महर्षेःof the great sage
महर्षेः:
TypeNoun
Rootमहर्षि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
वचनम्word/statement
वचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
प्रजाःsubjects/people
प्रजाः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Plural
धर्मेणby/according to dharma
धर्मेण:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
पाल्यhaving protected/ruled
पाल्य:
TypeVerb
Rootपाल्
Formल्यप् (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Y
Yudhiṣṭhira
M
Mahārṣi (Vyāsa, implied by context)
A
Araṇya (forest)
P
Prajā (subjects/people)
B
Brāhmaṇa-kula (Brahmin lineage, as rebirth outcome)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights rājadharma: a ruler’s foremost ethical duty is to protect and sustain the people according to dharma. Such righteous governance is presented as spiritually potent, yielding auspicious results even beyond death (karmaphala leading to higher rebirth).

Bhishma recounts that a being from a previous state (described in the surrounding context as a former creature) goes to the forest, hears a great sage’s counsel, then rules and protects the subjects righteously. After returning to the forest, he dies and, due to the merit of that dharma of protecting subjects, attains rebirth in a brāhmaṇa family.