Shloka 18

Cyavana Explains His Tests; Kuśika Seeks Brāhmaṇya for His Line (च्यवन–कुशिक संवादः)

Devanagari script

इदं गृहमिदं राज्यमिदं धर्मासनं च ते । राजा त्वमसि शाध्युर्वीमहं तु परवांस्त्वयि

Transliteration

idaṁ gṛham idaṁ rājyam idaṁ dharmāsanaṁ ca te | rājā tvam asi sādhv ṛṣi mahāhaṁ tu paravāṁs tvayi ||

Translation

Bhīṣma disse: “Esta casa, este reino e este trono estabelecido de acordo com o dharma são teus. Tu és o rei—ó venerável sábio—governa e protege esta terra. Quanto a mim, permanecerei para sempre dependente de ti, um servo sob teu comando.”

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गृहम्: house, palace
• गृहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• राज्यम्: kingdom, sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• धर्मासनम्: righteous throne/seat of justice
• धर्मासनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)

• ते: to you / for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• राजा: king
• राजा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• असि: are
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: Present, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• शाधि: rule, govern
• Type: Verb
• Root: शास् (धातु)
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• उर्वीम्: the earth
• उर्वीम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but, indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)

• परवान्: dependent, subject (to another's will)
• परवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परवान् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वयि: in you / with respect to you
• त्वयि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: —, Locative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• a Ṛṣi (sage, unnamed in the verse)
• gṛha (royal house/palace)
• rājya (kingdom)
• dharmāsana (righteous throne)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Legitimate rule is grounded in dharma, and true nobility includes humility: even a mighty figure like Bhīṣma frames authority as belonging to the righteous claimant and presents himself as obedient to dharmic order rather than personal power.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma addresses a venerable sage, offering the palace, kingdom, and dharmic throne to him, affirming the sage’s right to rule and declaring his own willingness to remain under the sage’s command—an act that underscores deference to spiritual-moral authority.