Shloka 35

Devanagari script

व्रतावसाने च शुभान्‌ नरान्‌ ददृशिरे वयम्‌ | श्वेतांश्रन्द्रप्रतिकाशान्‌ सर्वलक्षणलक्षितान्‌,“तदनन्तर हमने तत्काल पुनः सौ वर्षोंतक बड़ी भारी तपस्या की। उस तपोमय व्रतके पूर्ण होनेपर हमलोगोंको वहाँके शुभलक्षण पुरुषोंका दर्शन हुआ, जो चन्द्रमाके समान गौरवर्ण और सब प्रकारके उत्तम लक्षणोंसे सम्पन्न थे

Transliteration

vratāvasāne ca śubhān narān dadṛśire vayam | śvetāṃśucandrapratikāśān sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitān |

Translation

ବ୍ରତ-ତପସ୍ୟା ସମାପ୍ତ ହେବା ପରେ ଆମେ ସେଠାରେ ଶୁଭଲକ୍ଷଣ ପୁରୁଷମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖିଲୁ—ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରର ଶ୍ୱେତ କିରଣ ପରି ଦୀପ୍ତିମାନ, ସମସ୍ତ ଉତ୍ତମ ଲକ୍ଷଣରେ ଚିହ୍ନିତ। ତାଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ ମାତ୍ରେ ନିୟମିତ ତପସ୍ୟାର ଫଳସିଦ୍ଧି ଓ ଧର୍ମସାଧନାର ପ୍ରାପ୍ତିକୁ ସୂଚିତ କଲା।

Word by Word

[{'term''vrata', 'definition': 'vow

disciplined religious observance'}, {'term''avasāna', 'definition': 'ending

completion'}, {'term''śubhān', 'definition': 'auspicious

of good omen'}, {'term''narān', 'definition': 'men

persons'}, {'term''dadṛśire', 'definition': 'they saw

beheld (perfect/remote past sense)'}, {'term''vayam', 'definition': 'we'}, {'term': 'śvetāṃśu', 'definition': 'white-rayed

having white beams (esp. the moon)'}, {'term''candra-pratikāśān', 'definition': 'moon-like in radiance

resembling the moon’s brightness'}, {'term''sarva-lakṣaṇa-lakṣitān', 'definition': 'marked by all (excellent) signs

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

auspicious men (śubhāḥ narāḥ)

moon (candra)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse underscores that disciplined observance (vrata) and sustained austerity culminate in auspicious, dharmic fruition—symbolized by the vision of beings marked by excellent signs and serene radiance. Ethical steadiness and self-restraint are portrayed as conditions for encountering higher, beneficent realities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that after the completion of their austerity-vow, “we” (the group he speaks for) behold auspicious men whose appearance is luminous like the moon and who bear all favorable marks, indicating a significant turning point or reward following prolonged tapas.