Shloka 17

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

Devanagari script

दिव्यास्त्राणि महातेजा यो धारयति बुद्धिमान | साड़ांश्व॒ चतुरो वेदांस्तमस्मि मनसा गत:

Transliteration

divyāstrāṇi mahātejā yo dhārayati buddhimān | sāḍaṅś ca caturo vedāṁs tam asmi manasā gataḥ ||

Translation

ଯେ ମହାତେଜସ୍ବୀ ବୁଦ୍ଧିମାନ ଭୀଷ୍ମ ଦିବ୍ୟାସ୍ତ୍ରଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ଧାରଣ କରନ୍ତି ଏବଂ ଅଙ୍ଗସହିତ ଚାରି ବେଦକୁ ଧାରଣ-ରକ୍ଷା କରନ୍ତି—ସେଇ ଭୀଷ୍ମଙ୍କ ଚିନ୍ତନରେ ମୋର ମନ ଲଗିଥିଲା।

Word by Word

• दिव्य: divine
• दिव्य: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• अस्त्राणि: weapons (missiles)
• अस्त्राणि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• महातेजाः: the great-lustrous one
• महातेजाः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धारयति: holds/bears/retains
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• बुद्धिमान्: wise
• बुद्धिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्धिमत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• अङ्गान्: limbs/auxiliaries (of the Veda)
• अङ्गान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्ग
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

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

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वेदान्: Vedas
• वेदान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• मनसा: with the mind
• मनसा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• गतः: gone/turned (towards)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Kṛṣṇa)
• divyāstrāṇi (divine weapons)
• caturo vedāḥ (the four Vedas)
• ṣaḍaṅga/vedāṅga (six auxiliaries of the Veda)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True excellence is portrayed as a union of inner discernment and outer capability: the ideal figure is both a master of divine weapons (power under discipline) and a sustainer of Vedic knowledge with its Vedāṅgas (learning grounded in dharma).

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāsudeva expresses that his mind is fixed on a particular great and wise person—implicitly the revered authority being discussed in this context—describing him as one who embodies both martial mastery and comprehensive Vedic learning.