Shloka 59

Devanagari script

भीष्म उवाच स एवमुक्तो मान्धाता तेनोतथ्येन भारत । कृतवानविशड्कश्न एक: प्राप च मेदिनीम्‌,भीष्मजी कहते हैं--भरतनन्दन! उतथ्यके इस प्रकार उपदेश देनेपर मान्धाताने निःशंक होकर उनकी आज्ञाका पालन किया और सारी पृथ्वीका एकछत्र राज्य पा लिया

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | sa evam ukto māndhātā tenotathyena bhārata | kṛtavān aviśaṅkaḥ sa ekaḥ prāpa ca medinīm |

Translation

Bhishma disse: “Ó descendente de Bharata, assim instruído por Utathya, o rei Māndhātā cumpriu sua ordem sem hesitação; e ele, sozinho, alcançou a soberania sobre toda a terra.”

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

सःhe

एवम्thus

उक्तःhaving been told / addressed

मान्धाताMandhata

तेनby him

उतथ्येनby Utathya

भारतO Bharata (descendant of Bharata)

कृतवान्did / performed

अविशङ्कन्not doubting / without hesitation

एकःalone; sole

प्रापobtained / attained

चand

मेदिनीम्the earth

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Māndhātā

Utathya

Bhārata (Yudhiṣṭhira as addressee)

Medinī (the earth)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

When a ruler receives sound guidance from a qualified sage, decisive and doubt-free execution of that counsel leads to stability and success in governance; hesitation and suspicion undermine royal duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma recounts that Māndhātā, after being instructed by the sage Utathya, followed the instruction without misgiving and thereby achieved undisputed, single-sovereign dominion over the earth.