Shloka 69

अम्बा–राम–भीष्म संवादः

Amba–Rama–Bhishma Dialogue on Vow and Refuge

Devanagari script

अतदर्हा महाभागा भगीरथसुतानघा । या त्वामजीजनन्मन्दं युद्धकामुकमातुरम्‌

Transliteration

atadarhā mahābhāgā bhagīrathasutānaghā | yā tvām ajījanan mandaṃ yuddhakāmukam āturam ||

Translation

ဘီရှ္မက ပြောသည်—«မြတ်နိုးဖွယ်၊ အပြစ်ကင်းစင်သော ဂင်္ဂါ—ဘဂီရထ၏ သမီး—သည် ဤသို့သော ဒုက္ခကို မြင်ရရန် မထိုက်တန်ပါ။ သို့သော် စစ်ကိုချစ်၍ အလျင်အမြန်တက်ကြွကာ မိုက်မဲသော မင်းကဲ့သို့သော သားကို မွေးဖွားခဲ့သဖြင့်၊ ထိုနာကျင်မှုကို မလွဲမသွေ ခံရလိမ့်မည်။»

Word by Word

• अतदर्हा: not fit for that (i.e., undeserving of such suffering)
• अतदर्हा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-तदर्ह (तदर्ह)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• महाभागा: highly fortunate / noble
• महाभागा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभाग
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भगीरथसुत: daughter of Bhagiratha (i.e., Gaṅgā)
• भगीरथसुत: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगीरथसुत
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अनघा: sinless / faultless
• अनघा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• या: she who
• या: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• अजीजनत्: gave birth to / bore
• अजीजनत्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Imperfect (Laṅ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मन्दम्: dull / foolish
• मन्दम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्द
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• युद्धकामुकम्: eager for war
• युद्धकामुकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्धकामुक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आतुरम्: distressed / agitated / impatient
• आतुरम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आतुर
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Ganga
• Bhagiratha
• the addressed prince/war-seeker (implied)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Uncontrolled craving for war and rashness bring suffering not only upon oneself but also upon the innocent; even a blameless person may be forced to endure pain due to the actions and choices of those connected to them.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses a war-eager prince, lamenting that the pure and noble Ganga does not deserve such grief, yet must endure it because she bore a son driven by impatience and fascination with battle.