Shloka 36

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

तथैव देवशर्मापि सभार्य: स महातपा: । निर्भयो बलवृत्रघ्नाच्वचार विजने वने,महा तपस्वी देवशर्मा भी बल और वृत्रासुरका वध करनेवाले इन्द्रसे निर्भय हो पत्नीसहित उस निर्जन वनमें विचरने लगे

Transliteration

tathaiva devaśarmāpi sabhāryaḥ sa mahātapāḥ | nirbhayo balavṛtraghnāc cacāra vijane vane ||

Translation

ସେହିପରି ମହାତପସ୍ବୀ ଦେବଶର୍ମା ମଧ୍ୟ ପତ୍ନୀସହ, ବଳବାନ ଓ ବୃତ୍ରହନ୍ତା ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଭୟ ନକରି, ସେହି ନିର୍ଜନ ବନରେ ବିଚରଣ କରିଲେ।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, in the same way
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• एव: indeed, just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• देवशर्मा: Devasharman (name)
• देवशर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवशर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• सभार्यः: having (his) wife; with wife
• सभार्यः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-भार्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• महातपाः: of great austerity; great ascetic
• महातपाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातपस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्भयः: fearless
• निर्भयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• बलवृत्रघ्नात्: from Indra, the slayer of Bala and Vritra
• बलवृत्रघ्नात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल-वृत्रघ्न
• Form: Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• चचार: wandered, roamed
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर्
• Form: Perfect (Liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• विजने: in a solitary (place)
• विजने: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विजन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Devaśarmā
• Devaśarmā's wife
• Indra
• Vṛtra
• forest (vana)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that true strength arises from tapas and dharma: one who is inwardly disciplined and righteous becomes fearless, not intimidated even by the highest worldly authority (symbolized by Indra).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes Devaśarmā, a great ascetic, roaming a deserted forest with his wife. His spiritual power and integrity make him unafraid even of Indra, famed as the slayer of Vṛtra.