Shloka 49

अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच ततः स निर्विकारीौ तु दृष्टवा भगुकुलोद्वह: । वसु विश्राणयामास यथा वैश्रवणस्तथा

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca tataḥ sa nirvikārau tu dṛṣṭvā bhṛgukulodvahaḥ | vasu viśrāṇayāmāsa yathā vaiśravaṇas tathā ||

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഭൃഗുകുലത്തിലെ ശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ രാജാവിനെയും രാജ്ഞിയെയും നിർവികാരരായി കണ്ടിട്ട്, വൈശ്രവണൻ (കുബേരൻ) പോലെ അവർക്കു ധനം ധാരാളമായി ദാനം ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• भीष्मः: Bhishma
• भीष्मः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ततः: then/thereupon
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्विकारौ: free from change/perturbation
• निर्विकारौ: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्विकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Dual

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage)

• भृगुकुलोद्वहः: the foremost of the Bhrigu lineage
• भृगुकुलोद्वहः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगुकुलोद्वह
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वसु: wealth/treasure
• वसु: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• विश्राणयामास: bestowed/gave away lavishly
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रै (श्राय्/श्रि) + वि
• Form: Periphrastic Perfect, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/just as
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• वैश्रवणः: Vaishravana (Kubera)
• वैश्रवणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्रवण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तथा: so/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Bhṛgu-kula (lineage of Bhṛgu)
• Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• the king and queen (unnamed in this verse)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Gifts and prosperity are best entrusted to those who remain steady and uncorrupted—inner composure (nirvikāratā) and freedom from greed or agitation are presented as signs of true worthiness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that a great sage of the Bhṛgu lineage, after observing that the royal couple showed no mental ‘vikāra’ (distortion such as greed, pride, or agitation), began to pour out wealth to them abundantly, likening his generosity to Kubera’s.