Anushasana Parva Adhyaya 43 Shloka 1 - Mahabharata | Sanskrit | Vedapath

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Shloka 1

Devaśarmā–Vipula Dialogue on Ahorātra–Ṛtu as Moral Witnesses (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४३)

Devanagari script

2 7 जा चत्वारिशो< ध्याय: भृगुवंशी विपुलके द्वारा योगबलसे गुरुपत्नीके शरीरमें प्रवेश करके उसकी रक्षा करना भीष्म उवाच एवमेव महाबाहो नात्र मिथ्यास्ति किंचन । यथा ब्रवीषि कौरव्य नारीं प्रति जनाधिप

Transliteration

Bhīṣma uvāca: evam eva mahābāho nātra mithyāsti kiñcana | yathā bravīṣi kauravya nārīṃ prati janādhipa ||

Translation

भीष्म उवाच—एवमेव महाबाहो नात्र मिथ्यास्ति किञ्चन। यथा ब्रवीषि कौरव्य नारीं प्रति जनाधिप॥

Word by Word

भीष्मःBhishma

उवाचsaid

एवम्thus, so

एवindeed, just

महाबाहोO mighty-armed one

नnot

अत्रhere, in this matter

मिथ्याfalse(ly)

अस्तिis

किञ्चनanything (at all)

यथाas, just as

ब्रवीषिyou say

कौरव्यO Kaurava (descendant of Kuru)

नारीम्woman/women (as object of reference)

प्रतिtowards, with regard to

जनाधिपO ruler of people, O king

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

Kaurava (addressee, a Kuru prince)

Women (nārī)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Bhishma affirms the truthfulness of the king/prince’s stated view on conduct and understanding regarding women, emphasizing that ethical counsel should be grounded in truth and careful speech.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Anushasana Parva’s instructional dialogue, Bhishma responds to a Kuru prince/king, confirming that the preceding remarks about women are accurate, thereby continuing a didactic section on social and moral norms.