Shloka 22

Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)

Devanagari script

देवशर्मोवाच यज्ञकारो गमिष्यामि रुचिं चेमां सुरेश्वर:

Transliteration

devaśarmovāca yajñakāro gamiṣyāmi ruciṃ cemāṃ sureśvaraḥ

Translation

Devaśarmā disse: «Irei ao sacrifício como sacerdote oficiante; e esta mesma inclinação minha —ó Senhor dos deuses— está firmemente voltada para esse dever.»

Word by Word

• देवशर्मा: Devasharma (proper name)
• देवशर्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवशर्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• यज्ञकारः: the sacrificer / performer of a sacrifice
• यज्ञकारः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञकार
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गमिष्यामि: I shall go
• गमिष्यामि: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Future (Simple Future), First, Singular

• रुचिम्: desire / liking / inclination
• रुचिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुचि
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

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

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• सुरेश्वरः: the lord of the gods (Indra)
• सुरेश्वरः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरेश्वर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Devaśarman
• Sureśvara (Indra)
• Yajña (sacrifice)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse foregrounds steadfastness in one’s appointed duty (svadharma): the speaker declares a firm resolve to proceed to the sacrifice in the proper role, implying ethical commitment to ritual responsibility and integrity of intention.

What is happening in the narrative?

Within Bhīṣma’s discourse, a sub-narrative is being quoted: Devaśarman speaks, addressing the ‘Lord of the gods’ (Indra), stating that he will go to the sacrificial rite as the officiant and affirming his settled intention to do so.