Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 22

भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival

Devanagari script

भवार्थमिह देवानां बुद्धया परमया युत: । प्राजापत्ये शुभे मार्गे मानवे धर्मसंस्कृते

Transliteration

bhavārtham iha devānāṁ buddhyā paramayā yutaḥ | prājāpatye śubhe mārge mānave dharma-saṁskṛte |

Translation

ဒေဝတို့၏ ကောင်းကျိုးနှင့် တိုးတက်မြင့်မားခြင်းအတွက်၊ အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံး ဉာဏ်ပညာနှင့် ပြည့်စုံသော ကောင်းကင်ဘုရား ဂోవိန္ဒ (Govinda) သည် ဤလောက၌ မွေးဖွားလာမည်။ ပရာဇာပတိ (Prajāpati) ၏ မင်္ဂလာလမ်းစဉ်၌ တည်ကာ မနု (Manu) ၏ ဓမ္မဖြင့် သန့်စင်ထားသော လူ့မျိုးရိုးအတွင်း၌ အဝတားယူမည်။ မဟာမနု၏ မျိုးဆက်တွင် အင်္ဂ (Aṅga) ဟူသော မင်းရှိမည်၊ ထိုမင်းမှ အန္တර්ဓာမန် (Antardhāman) ဟူသော သားတော် မွေးဖွားမည်။

Word by Word

• भव: welfare, prosperity
• भव: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (भू-धातु से; ‘भव’ = अस्तित्व/कल्याण/उन्नति)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थम्: purpose, sake
• अर्थम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• इह: here, in this world
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• बुद्ध्या: with intelligence
• बुद्ध्या: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• परमया: supreme, highest
• परमया: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• युतः: endowed (with), joined
• युतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (युज्-धातु; ‘युक्त/युत’)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राजापत्ये: in/along the Prajāpati-related (path/order)
• प्राजापत्ये: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राजापत्य
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शुभे: auspicious
• शुभे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मार्गे: on the path
• मार्गे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• मानवे: in the human (lineage/realm), of Manu
• मानवे: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानव
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धर्मसंस्कृते: refined/formed by dharma
• धर्मसंस्कृते: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मसंस्कृत
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

ईश्वर उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (the Lord)
• Govinda
• Devas
• Prajāpati
• Manu
• King Aṅga
• Antardhāman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames divine incarnation as a dharma-centered intervention: the Lord, endowed with supreme wisdom, manifests within a righteous human lineage to uphold the Prajāpati-ordained path and promote the welfare of the gods—linking cosmic stability to dharmic kingship and lineage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Īśvara speaks prophetically about Govinda’s descent into a Manu-sanctified human line, then begins a genealogical sequence: in Manu’s dynasty a king named Aṅga will arise, and Aṅga will have a son named Antardhāman.