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Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ऑपन-माज बक। -ज:डिेि पज्चषष्ट्याधिेकात्रेशततमो< ध्याय: नागराजसे विदा ले ब्राह्मणका 0 38 निसे उज्छवृत्तिकी दीक्षा लेकर साधनपरायण होना और इस कथाकी परम्पराका वर्णन भीष्म उवाच सचामन्त्र्योरगश्रेष्ठ ब्राह्मण: कृतनिश्चय: । दीक्षाकाडुक्षी तदा राजंश्ष्यवनं भार्गव श्रित:

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | saṃmantryoragaśreṣṭhaḥ brāhmaṇaḥ kṛtaniścayaḥ | dīkṣām ucchvṛttikīṃ tadā rājann cyavanaṃ bhārgavaṃ śritaḥ ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက ပြော၏— «အို မင်းကြီး (ယုဓိဋ္ဌိရ)၊ မြတ်နဂါးတို့အနက် အထွတ်အမြတ်ဖြစ်သော နဂါးရာဇာနှင့် တိုင်ပင်၍ ၎င်း၏ သဘောတူညီချက်ကို ရယူပြီးနောက်၊ ဆုံးဖြတ်ချက်တည်ကြည်သော ထိုဗြာဟ္မဏသည် အကျန်အကြွင်းကို ကောက်ယူစားသောက်နေထိုင်သည့် တပသ်စည်းကမ်း (ucchvṛttikā/uñchavṛtti) ၏ ဒီက္ခာကို ခံယူရန် ဘာရ္ဂဝ မျိုးရိုးမှ စျဝန ရှင်ရသီထံ သွားရောက်ခဲ့သည်»။

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

सःhe

आमन्त्र्यhaving requested/obtained leave from

उरगश्रेष्ठम्the best of serpents (serpent-king)

ब्राह्मणःthe Brahmin

कृतनिश्चयःof firm resolve

दीक्षाकाङ्क्षीdesiring initiation (dīkṣā)

तदाthen

राजन्O king

च्यवनम्Chyavana

भार्गवम्of the Bhṛgu lineage

श्रितःhaving resorted to / having gone to

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (Bhīṣma)

Yudhishthira (implied by 'rājan')

Nāgarāja / chief of serpents (uragaśreṣṭha)

Brahmin (brāhmaṇaḥ)

Cyavana (Cyavana)

Bhṛgu lineage (Bhārgava)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic resolve and disciplined livelihood: a seeker should adopt a rigorous, non-exploitative mode of living (ucchvṛttikā—subsisting on what comes without demand) and approach a qualified sage for proper initiation, showing humility, restraint, and commitment to ethical practice.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma narrates that, after obtaining the consent of the serpent-king, a determined Brahmin goes to the sage Cyavana (of the Bhṛgu line) to receive initiation into the vow/discipline of ucchvṛttikā, indicating the start of a formal ascetic undertaking under authoritative guidance.