Shloka 36

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

Devanagari script

भीष्मस्य चास्य वचनान्नियोगाच्च ममानघ । अनुक्रोशाच्च भूतानां सर्वेषां रक्षणाय च

Transliteration

bhīṣmasya cāsya vacanān niyogāc ca mamānagha | anukrośāc ca bhūtānāṃ sarveṣāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca ||

Translation

ဝိုင်သမ္ပာယနက ပြောသည်– «အပြစ်ကင်းသူရေ၊ ဤအမှုသည် ဘီရှ္မ၏ စကားကို လိုက်နာခြင်းနှင့် ငါ၏ အမိန့်အပ်နှံချက်ကို လိုက်နာခြင်းကြောင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ သက်ရှိအပေါင်းတို့အပေါ် ကရုဏာကြောင့်လည်းကောင်း၊ အားလုံးကို ကာကွယ်စောင့်ရှောက်ရန်ကြောင့်လည်းကောင်း ဆောင်ရွက်ခဲ့ခြင်းဖြစ်သည်»။

Word by Word

• भीष्मस्य: of Bhishma
• भीष्मस्य: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• वचनात्: from/owing to (his) word; because of the statement
• वचनात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• नियोगात्: from/owing to the command/appointment
• नियोगात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियोग
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• अनघ: O sinless one
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• अनुक्रोशात्: from compassion; out of pity
• अनुक्रोशात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुक्रोश
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• भूतानाम्: of beings/creatures
• भूतानाम्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Apadana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural

• रक्षणाय: for protection
• रक्षणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण
• Form: Neuter, Dative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse grounds action in dharmic motives: obedience to rightful instruction (Bhīṣma’s counsel and an authorized commission) combined with universal compassion and the duty to protect all beings.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana explains the reasons for proceeding with a narration/undertaking: he is acting under Bhīṣma’s directive and a formal charge, and he frames the purpose as compassionate safeguarding of all creatures.