Shloka 10

Vivāha-dharma: Kanyā-pradāna, Śulka, and Pāṇigrahaṇa-niṣṭhā (अनुशासन पर्व, अध्याय ४४)

Devanagari script

न शशाक च सा राजन _प्रत्युत्थातुमनिन्दिता । वक्तुंच नाशकद्‌ू राजन्‌ विष्टब्धा विपुलेन सा,राजन! वह अनिन्द्य सुन्दरी रुचि विपुलके द्वारा स्तम्भित होनेके कारण न तो उठ सकी और न इन्द्रको कोई उत्तर ही दे सकी

Transliteration

na śaśāka ca sā rājan pratyutthātum aninditā | vaktuṁ ca nāśakad rājan viṣṭabdhā vipulena sā ||

Translation

न शशाक च सा राजन् प्रत्युत्थातुमनिन्दिता । वक्तुं च नाशकद् राजन् विष्टब्धा विपुलेन सा ॥

Word by Word

नnot

शशाकwas able

चand

साshe

राजन्O king

प्रत्युत्थातुम्to rise up / to stand up in response

अनिन्दिताblameless

वक्तुम्to speak

चand

नnot

अशकत्was able

राजन्O king

विष्टब्धाparalyzed / stunned / held fast

विपुलेनby the great/abundant (one)

साshe

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

rājan (the king addressed, i.e., Yudhiṣṭhira)

sā (an unnamed blameless woman)

Indra (implied by the narrative context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the dharmic norm of pratyutthāna—rising to honor a revered guest—while also showing how overwhelming divine presence can suspend ordinary social action; ethical judgment here recognizes human limitation under awe.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma narrates that the blameless woman, struck motionless by immense splendour (understood as Indra’s presence), could neither stand up to greet nor speak a reply.