Shloka 24

Cyavana Explains His Tests; Kuśika Seeks Brāhmaṇya for His Line (च्यवन–कुशिक संवादः)

Devanagari script

इयं शय्या भगवतो यथाकाममिहोष्यताम्‌ । प्रयतिष्यावहे प्रीतिमाहर्तु ते तपोधन

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | iyaṁ śayyā bhagavato yathākāmam ihoṣyatām | prayatiṣyāvahe prītim āhartu te tapodhana |

Translation

इयं शय्या भगवतो यथाकाममिहोष्यताम् । प्रयतिष्यावहे प्रीतिमाहर्तु ते तपोधन ॥

Word by Word

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• शय्या: bed, couch
• शय्या: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• भगवतः: of/for the venerable one (sir)
• भगवतः: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• यथा: as, according to
• यथा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• कामम्: wish, desire
• कामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

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

• उष्यताम्: let (him/you) stay, rest
• उष्यताम्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (उष्/वस्-धातु; ‘उष्य’ as desiderative/imperative usage in epic Sanskrit)
• Form: Imperative, Third, Singular, Atmanepada (passive/impersonal imperative sense)

• प्रयतिष्यावहे: we two shall strive/endeavor
• प्रयतिष्यावहे: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत् (प्र + यत्)
• Form: Simple Future, First, Dual, Atmanepada

• प्रीतिम्: pleasure, satisfaction
• प्रीतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• आहर्तुम्: to bring, to procure
• आहर्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (आ + हृ)
• Form: Tumun (infinitive)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sampradana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: —, Dative, Singular

• तपोधन: O ascetic rich in austerity
• तपोधन: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपोधन
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• a revered guest (bhagavat)
• bed/couch (śayyā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights dharmic hospitality: honoring a worthy guest—especially an ascetic—by offering comfort and actively striving to please them, treating service as a moral duty.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma indicates a prepared resting place and invites the revered ascetic to stay as desired, assuring that the hosts will make efforts to keep him content.