Shloka 27

Devanagari script

महिमान तु त॑ दृष्टवा पुत्रस्यामिततेजस:

Transliteration

mahimānaṁ tu taṁ dṛṣṭvā putrasyāmitatejasaḥ

Translation

Бхишма сказал: Увидев то величие — необычайное величие его сына, сияющего неизмеримым блеском, — ум невольно склоняется к благоговению и размышлению о силе дхармы и судьбы.

Word by Word

• महिमानम्: greatness, majesty
• महिमानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिमन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• तु: but, however
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• तं: him
• तं: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada (usage-neutral for gerund)

• पुत्रस्य: of (his/the) son
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अमिततेजसः: of the one of immeasurable splendor
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमिततेजस्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• putra (son; unnamed in this fragment)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line highlights how perceiving true greatness (mahimā) and boundless inner radiance (amita-tejas) naturally evokes respect and ethical reflection—suggesting that virtue and power, when rightly understood, should lead to humility and discernment rather than pride.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing a moment of recognition: someone beholds the remarkable greatness of a son characterized by immeasurable splendor. The verse functions as a transitional observation, setting up the consequences or response that follows in the surrounding passage.