Shloka 36

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

तथैव देवशर्मापि सभार्य: स महातपा: । निर्भयो बलवृत्रघ्नाच्वचार विजने वने,महा तपस्वी देवशर्मा भी बल और वृत्रासुरका वध करनेवाले इन्द्रसे निर्भय हो पत्नीसहित उस निर्जन वनमें विचरने लगे

Transliteration

tathaiva devaśarmāpi sabhāryaḥ sa mahātapāḥ | nirbhayo balavṛtraghnāc cacāra vijane vane ||

Translation

അതുപോലെ മഹാതപസ്വിയായ ദേവശർമനും ഭാര്യയോടുകൂടി, ബലവാനും വൃത്രഹന്താവുമായ ഇന്ദ്രനെയ്ക്കൂടി ഭയപ്പെടാതെ, ആ നിർജന വനത്തിൽ സഞ്ചരിക്കുവാൻ തുടങ്ങി।

Word by Word

तथाthus, in the same way

एवindeed, just

देवशर्माDevasharman (name)

अपिalso

सभार्यःhaving (his) wife; with wife

सःhe

महातपाःof great austerity; great ascetic

निर्भयःfearless

बलवृत्रघ्नात्from Indra, the slayer of Bala and Vritra

चचारwandered, roamed

विजनेin a solitary (place)

वनेin the forest

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Devaśarmā

Devaśarmā's wife

Indra

Vṛtra

forest (vana)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that true strength arises from tapas and dharma: one who is inwardly disciplined and righteous becomes fearless, not intimidated even by the highest worldly authority (symbolized by Indra).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes Devaśarmā, a great ascetic, roaming a deserted forest with his wife. His spiritual power and integrity make him unafraid even of Indra, famed as the slayer of Vṛtra.