Shloka 44

अध्याय २८१ — दानधर्मः, न्यायागतधनम्, ऋणत्रय-परिशोधनं च

Dāna ethics, lawful wealth, and settling obligations

Devanagari script

इयमिन्द्रादनुप्राप्ता ब्रह्म॒ुवध्या वराड़ना: । चतुर्थमस्या भागांशं॑ मयोक्ता: सम्प्रतीच्छत

Transliteration

iyam indrād anuprāptā brahmavadhyā varāḍanāḥ | caturtham asyā bhāgāṁśaṁ mayoktāḥ sampratīcchata ||

Translation

भीष्म म्हणाले—“वरांगनांनो! ही ब्रह्महत्या इंद्राकडून येथे आली आहे. म्हणून मी सांगितल्याप्रमाणे आता तिचा चतुर्थांश स्वीकारा.”

Word by Word

इयम्this (woman/one)

इन्द्रात्from Indra

अनुप्राप्ताobtained/received (having come) after

ब्रह्मवध्याfit to be slain for (killing) a brahmin / brahmin-slaying (sin/curse)

वरार्दनाḥdestroyers of boons/excellent ones (epithet; context-dependent)

चतुर्थम्the fourth (part)

अस्याःof her/of this (woman/one)

भागम्share/portion

अहम्I

उक्तःsaid/spoken

सम्प्रतीच्छतaccept/receive (you all)

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Indra

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A rightful allocation is to be accepted when it is grounded in authoritative tradition and framed as a protective, dharma-aligned ordinance; legitimacy and ethical distribution matter.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma cites Indra as the source of a binding rule/arrangement and instructs the listener(s) to accept a specified ‘fourth share’ as he has just laid down.