Shloka 8

कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च

The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion

Devanagari script

तस्मै शुश्रूषमाणाय भार्गवोडकथयत्‌ कथाम्‌ । इमां यथा कपोतेन सिद्धि: प्राप्ता नराधिप

Transliteration

tasmai śuśrūṣamāṇāya bhārgavo ’kathayat kathām | imāṁ yathā kapotena siddhiḥ prāptā narādhipa ||

Translation

ତାଙ୍କୁ ଶୁଣିବା ଓ ସେବା କରିବାକୁ ଉତ୍ସୁକ ଦେଖି ଭାର୍ଗବ (ପରଶୁରାମ), ହେ ନରାଧିପ, ଏହି କଥା କହିଲେ—ଯେପରି ଗୋଟିଏ କପୋତ ନିଜ ଆଚରଣରେ ସିଦ୍ଧି ପାଇଥିଲା।

Word by Word

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• शुश्रूषमाणाय: to (him) who was eager to listen/attend
• शुश्रूषमाणाय: Sampradana
• Type: Participle
• Root: शुश्रूष् (सेवायाम्/श्रवणेच्छायाम्) + शानच्
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular, Parasmaipada (active participle), Present (vartamāna)

• भार्गवः: Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)
• भार्गवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्गव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/told
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (liṭ), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कथाम्: story
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• यथा: as/how
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कपोतेन: by the pigeon
• कपोतेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोत
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• सिद्धिः: success/perfection
• सिद्धिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राप्ता: obtained/attained
• Type: Participle
• Root: प्र + आप् + क्त
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (past participle)

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• नरेश्वर: O ruler of men
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhārgava (Paraśurāma)
• Kapotā (the dove)
• Narādhipa (the king addressed)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames a moral exemplum: sincere attentiveness and service (śuśrūṣā) make one fit to receive instruction, and the ensuing story of the dove is presented as a model of dharmic conduct leading to siddhi—true success understood as ethical and spiritual attainment.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma says that Bhārgava (Paraśurāma), seeing his listener eager to hear, begins narrating a specific tale—how a dove achieved siddhi—addressing the king as the audience for this instructive story.