Shloka 47

अध्याय ३३७ — ज्ञानमार्ग-वैविध्यप्रश्नः तथा व्यासस्य नारायणोद्भवकथा

Systems of Knowledge and Vyāsa’s Nārāyaṇa-Origin

Devanagari script

नूनं तत्रागतो देवो यथा तैर्वागुदीरिता

Transliteration

nūnaṃ tatrāgato devo yathā tair vāg udīritā

Translation

“നിശ്ചയമായും അവിടെ ദേവസന്നിധി എത്തിയിരിക്കുന്നു; കാരണം അവർ ഉച്ചരിച്ച വാക്ക് അതിന്റെ ലക്ഷണം വഹിക്കുന്നു.”

Word by Word

• नूनम्: surely, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• आगतः: come, arrived
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• देवः: the god, deity
• देवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• वाक्: speech, words
• वाक्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• उदीरिता: uttered, spoken
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-ईर्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• deva (divine being/presence)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Speech that is truthful, elevated, and aligned with dharma is treated as a sign of higher authority; Bhīṣma implies that words can reveal the presence of the divine and should therefore be received with reverence and moral seriousness.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma, while instructing in the Śānti Parva, interprets the manner and quality of certain uttered words as evidence that a divine being (or divine influence) has arrived or is at work in that situation.