Shloka 30

अम्बोपाख्याने तापसानां विचारः तथा होत्रवाहनस्य उपदेशः

Ambā among ascetics; Hotravāhana directs her to Paraśurāma

Devanagari script

तस्येयं फलनिर्व त्तियदापन्नास्मि मूढवत्‌

Transliteration

tasyeyaṃ phalanirvṛttir yadāpannāsmi mūḍhavat

Translation

ଏହାର ଫଳ ଏହି—ମୁଁ ମୂଢ଼ ସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ପରି ଭୟଙ୍କର ବିପଦରେ ପଡ଼ିଛି। ଭୀଷ୍ମକୁ ଧିକ୍; ଏବଂ ବିବେକହୀନ ମୋ ମନ୍ଦବୁଦ୍ଧି ପିତାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଧିକ୍—ଯିଏ ବୀର୍ୟକୁ ‘ଶୁଳ୍କ’ ଧରି ମୋତେ ବିକ୍ରୟସ୍ତ୍ରୀ ପରି ଜନସମ୍ମୁଖେ ଆଣିବାକୁ ଆଦେଶ ଦେଲା।

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• इयम्: this (she/this thing)
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• फलनिर्वृत्तिः: result/fruitful outcome
• फलनिर्वृत्तिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: फलनिर्वृत्ति
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• आपन्ना: fallen into / come to (a state)
• आपन्ना: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपद्
• Form: क्त (past passive participle, used adjectivally), Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present (Lat), 1st, Singular

• मूढवत्: like a fool / foolishly
• मूढवत्: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मूढवत्

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• father (of the speaker; unnamed in the given text)
• public assembly/crowd (janasaṃgha, implied by the Hindi gloss)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights moral accountability: when social codes treat a person as an object—setting a ‘price’ and displaying her before a crowd—the result is suffering and disgrace. It condemns thoughtless adherence to power and custom without compassion or discernment (viveka).

What is happening in the narrative?

A woman (contextually, Amba in the Bhīṣma episode) laments her misfortune and denounces both Bhīṣma and her father. She frames her plight as the consequence of being treated like a commodity—her father’s decision to set a martial ‘bride-price’ and expose her publicly—leading to her calamity.