Shloka 8

भीष्म–रामयुद्धवर्णनम्

Bhīṣma’s Account of the Strategic Engagement with Rāma Jāmadagnya

Devanagari script

त एव मां महाराज स्वप्रदर्शनमेत्य वै | परिवारयत्रिवन्‌ वाक्य तन्निबोध कुरूद्गबह

Transliteration

ta eva māṃ mahārāja svapradarśanam etya vai | parivārya trivan vākyaṃ tan nibodha kurūdgvaha ||

Translation

ଭୀଷ୍ମ କହିଲେ—ମହାରାଜ, ସେଇ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣ ଋଷିମାନେ ସ୍ୱପ୍ନରେ ମୋତେ ଦର୍ଶନ ଦେଇ ମୋ ଚାରିପାଖରେ ଦାଁଡ଼ିଲେ। ହେ କୁରୁଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ, ସେମାନେ କହିଥିବା ବଚନ ଶୁଣ।

Word by Word

• ते: they/those (persons)
• ते: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• महाराज: O great king
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाराज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• स्व-प्रदर्शनम्: their own appearance/manifestation
• स्व-प्रदर्शनम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वप्रदर्शन
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• एत्य: having come
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (एति)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada

• वै: indeed/verily
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• परिवारयन्: surrounding/standing around
• परिवारयन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√वृ (परिवारयति)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• इव: as if/like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• वाक्यम्: speech/words
• वाक्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निबोध: understand/listen (know it)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√बुध् (निबोधति/बोधति)
• Form: Loṭ (imperative), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कुरु-उद्गम: O one sprung from the Kurus
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरूद्गम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Mahārāja (the king addressed, i.e., Dhṛtarāṣṭra in context)
• Brahmin sages (brāhmaṇa-śiromaṇayaḥ, implied by the prose context)
• Dream (svapna)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The passage frames moral instruction as coming through revered Brahmin sages, emphasizing that dharmic counsel should be heard with attention and humility—especially by rulers whose decisions affect the fate of the realm.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma tells the king that the same Brahmin sages who had earlier supported and reassured him later appeared to him in a dream, surrounded him, and spoke words that he is about to report.