Shloka 28

भीष्मस्वप्न-स्मृत्युपाख्यानम् | Bhīṣma’s Dream-Linked Recollection of the Paraśurāma Combat

Devanagari script

माण्डव्यस्याश्रमे राजन्‌ दिलीपस्याश्रमे तथा । रामह्नदे च कौरव्य पैलगर्गस्य चाश्रमे

Transliteration

māṇḍavyasyāśrame rājan dilīpasyāśrame tathā | rāma-hrade ca kauravya paila-gargasya cāśrame ||

Translation

ਹੇ ਰਾਜਨ, ਮਾਂਡਵ੍ਯ ਦੇ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ, ਅਤੇ ਦਿਲੀਪ ਦੇ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ; ਅਤੇ ਹੇ ਕੌਰਵ੍ਯ, ਰਾਮਹ੍ਰਦ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤੇ ਪੈਲ-ਗਰਗਾ ਦੇ ਆਸ਼ਰਮ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ।

Word by Word

• माण्डव्यस्य: of Māṇḍavya
• माण्डव्यस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: माण्डव्य
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• दिलीपस्य: of Dilīpa
• दिलीपस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिलीप
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• तथा: also/likewise
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

• रामह्रदे: at Rāma-hrada (Rāma’s lake)
• रामह्रदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामह्रद
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

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

• कौरव्य: O Kauravya (descendant of Kuru)
• कौरव्य: Sambodhana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• पैलगर्गस्य: of Paila-Garga
• पैलगर्गस्य: Sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: पैलगर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

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

• आश्रमे: in the hermitage
• आश्रमे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (speaker)
• Māṇḍavya
• Māṇḍavya-āśrama
• Dilīpa
• Dilīpa-āśrama
• Rāma-hrada
• Kauravya (addressed listener, Kuru-descendant)
• Paila
• Garga
• Paila-Garga-āśrama
• King of Kāśī (implied in narrative context)
• daughter of the King of Kāśī (implied in narrative context)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic self-discipline: undertaking vows and visiting tīrthas is presented as a means of purification and the accumulation of auspicious merit, emphasizing inner restraint and ethical steadiness rather than mere external travel.

What is happening in the narrative?

Rāma enumerates specific hermitages and a sacred lake where the (contextually implied) daughter of the King of Kāśī bathed while observing severe vows, indicating a structured pilgrimage undertaken for auspicious spiritual purpose.