Shloka 16

Kṛṣṇa’s Dhyāna and the Prompt to Question Bhīṣma (कृष्णध्यानं भीष्मप्रश्नप्रेरणा च)

Devanagari script

वे भीष्मजी अपनी सम्पूर्ण इन्द्रियोंकी वृत्तियोंको एकाग्रकर बुद्धिके द्वारा मनका संयम करके मेरी शरणमें आ गये थे; इसीलिये मेरा मन भी उन्हींमें जा लगा था ।। यं गड़ा गर्भविधिना धारयामास पार्थिव । वसिष्ठशिक्षितं तात तमस्मि मनसा गत:,तात! भूपाल! जिन्हें गंगादेवीने विधिपूर्वक अपने गर्भमें धारण किया था और जिन्हें महर्षि वसिष्ठके द्वारा वेदोंकी शिक्षा प्राप्त हुई थी, उन्हीं भीष्मजीके पास मैं मन-ही-मन पहुँच गया था

Transliteration

bhīṣmaḥ sarvendriyavṛttīḥ samādhāya buddhyā manasaḥ saṃyamaṃ kṛtvā mama śaraṇaṃ prapannaḥ; tasmān mama manaḥ api tasminn eva nyapatat. yaṃ gaṅgā garbhavidhinā dhārayāmāsa pārthiva, vasiṣṭha-śikṣitaṃ tāta, tam asmi manasā gataḥ.

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ ନିଜ ସମସ୍ତ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟବୃତ୍ତିକୁ ଏକାଗ୍ର କରି, ବୁଦ୍ଧିଦ୍ୱାରା ମନକୁ ସଂଯମ କରି, ମୋର ଶରଣକୁ ଆସିଥିଲେ; ତେଣୁ ମୋର ମନ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଠାରେ ଲଗିଗଲା। ହେ ପାର୍ଥିବ, ତାତ! ଯାହାଙ୍କୁ ଦେବୀ ଗଙ୍ଗା ବିଧିପୂର୍ବକ ଗର୍ଭରେ ଧାରଣ କରିଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ଯାହାଙ୍କୁ ମହର୍ଷି ବସିଷ୍ଠ ବେଦଶିକ୍ଷା ଦେଇଥିଲେ—ସେଇ ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କ ପାଖକୁ ମୁଁ ମନେମନେ ଗଲି।

Word by Word

• {'sarva-indriya-vṛtti': 'the activities/impulses of all the senses', 'ekāgratā (implied by samādhāya)': 'one-pointed concentration', 'buddhi': 'intellect

• discriminative faculty', 'manas': 'mind

• the inner organ of thought and wavering', 'saṃyama': 'restraint

• disciplined control', 'śaraṇa / śaraṇam prapanna': 'refuge

• one who has surrendered for protection', 'manaḥ ... gataḥ': 'went with the mind

• turned inwardly/mentally approached', 'garbha-vidhi': 'prescribed rite/ordinance concerning conception and bearing', 'dhārayāmāsa': 'bore

• carried (in the womb)', 'pārthiva / bhūpāla': 'king

• ruler of the earth', 'vasiṣṭha-śikṣita': 'taught/trained by Vasiṣṭha', 'veda-śikṣā (implied)': 'instruction in the Vedas'}

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīṣma
• Gaṅgā (Gaṅgādevī)
• Vasiṣṭha
• Pārthiva/Bhūpāla (the king addressed)