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Shloka 54

Chapter 2: Sudarśana Upākhyāna — Atithi-Dharma and the Conquest of Mṛtyu

Gṛhastha-Vrata

यदि प्रमाणं धर्मस्ते गृहस्थाअ्रमसम्मत: । प्रदानेनात्मनो राज्ञि कर्तुमरहसि मे प्रियम्‌,“रानी! यदि तुम्हें गृहस्थसम्मत धर्म मान्य है तो मुझे अपना शरीर देकर मेरा प्रिय कार्य करना चाहिये”

yadi pramāṇaṃ dharmas te gṛhasthāśramasammataḥ | pradānenātmano rājñi kartum arhasi me priyam ||

“രാജ്ഞീ! ഗൃഹസ്ഥാശ്രമത്തിന് സമ്മതമായ ധർമ്മത്തെ നീ പ്രമാണമായി അംഗീകരിക്കുന്നുവെങ്കിൽ, നിന്നെത്തന്നെ (നിന്റെ ദേഹത്തെ) ദാനമായി അർപ്പിച്ച് എന്റെ പ്രിയകാര്യവും നിർവഹിക്കുന്നത് നിനക്കു യുക്തമാണ്.”

यदिif
यदि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदि
प्रमाणम्authority/standard (is)
प्रमाणम्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमाण
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
धर्मःdharma, duty
धर्मः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
तेyour
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
गृहस्थाश्रमसम्मतःapproved by the householder-stage (gṛhastha-āśrama)
गृहस्थाश्रमसम्मतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootगृहस्थ-आश्रम-सम्मत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रदानेनby giving, through the act of giving
प्रदानेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदान
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
आत्मनःof oneself / of (your) body
आत्मनः:
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Genitive, Singular
राज्ञिO queen
राज्ञि:
TypeNoun
Rootराज्ञी
FormFeminine, Vocative, Singular
कर्तुम्to do
कर्तुम्:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
Formतुमुन्
अर्हसिyou ought/are fit
अर्हसि:
TypeVerb
Rootअर्ह्
FormPresent (Lat), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
मेmy
मे:
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
प्रियम्pleasing thing / dear act
प्रियम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रिय
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
Q
Queen (rājñī)

Educational Q&A

The verse appeals to an accepted ethical authority (pramāṇa) and argues that if one recognizes householder-dharma as binding, one should act accordingly—even when the requested act is personally difficult—framing duty as grounded in socially sanctioned norms.

Bhīṣma addresses a queen and urges her to perform an act that would please him, justifying the request by invoking the standards of gṛhastha-dharma and the principle of giving (pradāna), specifically the offering of one’s own person.