Shloka 26

Phala of Vrata, Niyama, Svādhyāya, Dama, Satya, Brahmacarya, and Service (व्रत-नियम-स्वाध्याय-दम-सत्य-ब्रह्मचर्य-शुश्रूषा-फलप्रश्नः)

Devanagari script

नद्यो वीथ्य: सभा वाप्यो दीर्घिकाश्वैव सर्वश: । घोषवन्ति च यानानि युक्तान्यथ सहस्रश:

Transliteration

nadyo vīthyaḥ sabhā vāpyō dīrghikāś caiva sarvaśaḥ | ghoṣavanti ca yānāni yuktāny atha sahasraśaḥ ||

Translation

ସେହି ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କରେ ମୁଁ ସବୁଦିଗରେ ନଦୀ, ପ୍ରଶସ୍ତ ବୀଥି, ସଭାଭବନ, କୂଆ ଓ ଜଳାଶୟ, ଏବଂ ଦୀର୍ଘ ତାଳାବ ଦେଖିଲି। ତଦୁପରି ସହସ୍ର-ସହସ୍ର ଯାନ—ଯୋତାଯାଇ ସଜା—ମଙ୍ଗଳ ଘୋଷରେ ନାଦ କରୁଥିବା ମଧ୍ୟ ଦେଖିଲି।

Word by Word

• नद्यः: rivers
• नद्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• वीथ्यः: streets, lanes
• वीथ्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीथि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• सभा: assembly-hall
• सभा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सभा
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• वाप्यः: stepwells, reservoirs
• वाप्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वापी
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

• दीर्घिकाः: ponds, tanks
• दीर्घिकाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घिका
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Plural

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

• सर्वशः: everywhere, in all ways
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशः

• घोषवन्ति: resounding, noisy
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोषवत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• यानानि: vehicles, conveyances
• यानानि: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• युक्तानि: yoked, harnessed, prepared
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज्
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative, Plural

• अथ: then, moreover
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• सहस्रशः: by thousands, in thousands
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशः

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• rivers (nadyaḥ)
• streets (vīthyaḥ)
• assembly-halls (sabhāḥ)
• wells/reservoirs (vāpyāḥ)
• tanks/ponds (dīrghikāḥ)
• vehicles/chariots (yānāni)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents prosperity and orderly civic life as the visible outcome of dharma and accumulated merit: righteous conduct is portrayed as leading to harmonious, well-provisioned realms where resources, institutions, and conveyances are abundant and properly arranged.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes what he has seen in exalted or divine regions—an expansive, well-structured landscape filled with waterways, public spaces, waterworks, and countless ready vehicles—emphasizing the grandeur and completeness of those realms.