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Shloka 59

अध्याय ५६ — च्यवन–कुशिकसंवादः

Cyavana–Kuśika Dialogue on Lineage, Conflict, and Transmission

इत्येवमुक्त: कुशिक: प्रह्ृष्टेनान्तरात्मना | प्रोवाच मुनिशार्दूलमिदं वचनमर्थवत्‌

ity evam uktaḥ kuśikaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā | provāca muniśārdūlam idaṁ vacanam arthavat |

ഭീഷ്മൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ കേട്ടപ്പോൾ രാജാവ് കുശികൻ അന്തരാത്മയിൽ അത്യന്തം ആനന്ദിച്ചു, മുനികളിൽ സിംഹസദൃശനായ ആ മഹർഷിയോട് അർത്ഥവത്തായ വാക്കുകൾ പറഞ്ഞു—“ഭഗവൻ, മഹാഭാഗ! നിങ്ങൾ ഞങ്ങളെ ശുദ്ധീകരിച്ചു. ഞങ്ങളുടെ മനസ്സിൽ ദുഃഖത്തിന്റെയോ കോപത്തിന്റെയോ ലേശവും ഇല്ല. ഞങ്ങൾ ഇരുവരും വീണ്ടും യൗവനം പ്രാപിച്ചു; ഞങ്ങളുടെ ശരീരങ്ങൾ സുന്ദരവും ബലവാനുമായിരിക്കുന്നു.”

इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एवम्in this manner
एवम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम्
उक्तःhaving been addressed/said to
उक्तः:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
Formक्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular
कुशिकःKushika
कुशिकः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकुशिक
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रहृष्टेनwith delighted
प्रहृष्टेन:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रहृष्ट
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Singular
अन्तरात्मनाwith (his) inner self/mind
अन्तरात्मना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तरात्मन्
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
प्रोवाचsaid/spoke
प्रोवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada
मुनिशार्दूलम्to the tiger among sages (best sage)
मुनिशार्दूलम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमुनिशार्दूल
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वचनम्speech/statement
वचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अर्थवत्meaningful, significant
अर्थवत्:
TypeAdjective
Rootअर्थवत्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhishma
K
Kuśika
M
muniśārdūla (an eminent sage)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights ethical purification through contact with a true sage: when one is rightly instructed, inner afflictions like grief and anger subside, and gratitude replaces resentment. The emphasis is on inner transformation (antarātman) as the mark of genuine purification.

After being spoken to by an eminent rishi, King Kuśika becomes inwardly delighted and responds respectfully. He declares that the sage has purified them, that they feel no sorrow or anger, and that they have regained youthful vigor and bodily strength—signs of a boon or restorative blessing.