Shloka 9

कपोती-विलापः स्वर्गसंयोगश्च

The Dove’s Lament and Celestial Reunion

Devanagari script

मुनिर्वाच धर्मनिश्चयसंयुक्तां कामार्थसहितां कथाम्‌ | शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्‌ गदतो मे महाभुज

Transliteration

munir uvāca dharmaniścayasaṃyuktāṃ kāmārthasahitāṃ kathām | śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājan gadato me mahābhuja ||

Translation

Мудрец сказал: «О царь могучерукий, слушай внимательно, пока я говорю. Это повествование сопряжено с ясным решением о дхарме и вместе с тем полно целей артхи (мирского блага) и камы (праведного желания)».

Word by Word

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular

• धर्मनिश्चयसंयुक्ताम्: connected with the ascertainment of dharma
• धर्मनिश्चयसंयुक्ताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्मनिश्चयसंयुक्ता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कामार्थसहिताम्: accompanied by desire and wealth (kama and artha)
• कामार्थसहिताम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कामार्थसहिता
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• कथाम्: story/discourse
• कथाम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• शृणुष्व: listen
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative, Second, Singular

• अवहितः: attentive/heedful
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवहित
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• गदतः: of (me) speaking / as I speak
• Type: Verb
• Root: गदत्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मे: my/of me
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular

• महाभुज: O mighty-armed one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभुज
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• muni (sage)
• rājan (king)
• mahābhuja (mighty-armed one)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames the forthcoming discourse as a balanced instruction: it clarifies dharma through firm discernment (niścaya) while also acknowledging artha and kāma as legitimate human aims when integrated under dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A sage addresses a king and invites him to listen with full attention, introducing a story/discourse that will guide ethical judgment (dharma) alongside practical and human concerns (artha and kāma).