Shloka 46

Devanagari script

वासुदेव उवाच अनुजानामि भीष्म त्वां वसून्‌ प्राप्तुहि पार्थिव । न ते$स्ति वृजिनं किंचिदिहलोके महाद्युते

Transliteration

vāsudeva uvāca | anujānāmi bhīṣma tvāṁ vasūn prāptum iha pārthiva | na te 'sti vṛjinaṁ kiñcid iha loke mahādyute ||

Translation

Васудева сказал: «О Бхишма, о могучий царь, я даю тебе дозволение — ступай ныне в мир Васу. В этом мире, о великий сиянием, нет в тебе ни малейшего пятна проступка».

Word by Word

• वासुदेवः: Vasudeva (Krishna)
• वासुदेवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• अनुजानामि: I permit / I grant leave
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-ज्ञा
• Form: Present, 1, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भीष्म: O Bhishma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Accusative, Singular

• वसून्: the Vasus
• वसून्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• प्राप्तुम्: to attain / to reach
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप्
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• हि: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि

• पार्थिव: O king (earth-lord)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• ते: of you / for you
• ते: Sambandha
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Genitive, Singular

• अस्ति: there is
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• वृजिनम्: sin / evil
• वृजिनम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृजिन
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• किञ्चित्: anything (even a little)
• किञ्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: किम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• महाद्युते: O great-splendored one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाद्युति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वासुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāsudeva (Śrī Kṛṣṇa)
• Bhīṣma
• Vasu-loka (realm of the Vasus)
• Vasus

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse affirms Bhīṣma’s moral integrity: despite the violence and complexity of the Kurukṣetra war, his life is declared free from culpable wrongdoing. It highlights the ethical idea that steadfast adherence to one’s vowed dharma, when guided by right intention and self-control, can remain unstained even amid tragic circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Kṛṣṇa (Vāsudeva) addresses the dying Bhīṣma and grants him leave to depart for the realm of the Vasus—Bhīṣma’s divine lineage. The statement functions as a public vindication and a compassionate send-off, marking Bhīṣma’s transition from the human battlefield narrative to his destined celestial abode.