Shloka 32

भीष्मपर्व — अध्याय 54: फल्गुन-प्रतिरोधः, सौबली-व्यूह-विध्वंसः, दुर्योधन-भीष्म-संवादः

Devanagari script

धृष्टद्युम्न निबोधेद॑ं यत्‌ त्वां वक्ष्यामि मारिष । नातिक्रम्यं भवेत्‌ तच्च वचनं मम भाषितम्‌,“आदरणीय वीर धृष्टद्युम्न! मैं तुमसे जो कुछ कहता हूँ, इसे ध्यान देकर सुनो। मेरे कहे हुए वचनोंका तुम्हें उल्लंघन नहीं करना चाहिये

Transliteration

sañjaya uvāca | dhṛṣṭadyumna nibodhedaṁ yat tvāṁ vakṣyāmi māriṣa | nātikramyaṁ bhavet tac ca vacanaṁ mama bhāṣitam ||

Translation

धृष्टद्युम्ना, मारिष! मी जे सांगणार आहे ते लक्ष देऊन ऐक. माझे हे बोललेले वचन उल्लंघू नकोस।

Word by Word

• {'sañjaya uvāca': 'Sañjaya said', 'dhṛṣṭadyumna': 'Dhṛṣṭadyumna (Pāṇḍava commander

• son of Drupada)', 'nibodha': 'understand

• listen attentively', 'idam': 'this (instruction/statement)', 'yat': 'which/what', 'tvām': 'to you', 'vakṣyāmi': 'I will tell

• I am going to say', 'māriṣa': 'dear sir

• respectful address to a younger or esteemed person', 'na': 'not', 'atikramyam': 'to be overstepped

• to be violated/transgressed', 'bhavet': 'should be

• ought to be', 'tat': 'that', 'vacanam': 'word

• command', 'mama': 'my', 'bhāṣitam': 'spoken

Speaker

संजय उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Sañjaya
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse stresses disciplined adherence to rightful counsel: when an instruction is given with authority and concern for dharma, it should not be violated, especially in the context of war where restraint and obedience prevent reckless harm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Sañjaya addresses Dhṛṣṭadyumna directly, urging him to listen attentively and to treat the forthcoming words as non-negotiable guidance—setting a serious tone for strategic or ethical instruction amid the Bhīṣma-parvan war narrative.