Shloka 44
Devanagari script
इयमिन्द्रादनुप्राप्ता ब्रह्म॒ुवध्या वराड़ना: । चतुर्थमस्या भागांशं॑ मयोक्ता: सम्प्रतीच्छत
Transliteration
iyam indrād anuprāptā brahmavadhyā varāḍanāḥ | caturtham asyā bhāgāṁśaṁ mayoktāḥ sampratīcchata ||
Translation
इयमिन्द्रादनुप्राप्ता ब्रह्मवध्या वराङ्गनाः । चतुर्थमस्या भागांशं मयोक्ताः सम्प्रतीच्छत ॥
Word by Word
इयम्this (woman/one)
इयम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इन्द्रात्from Indra
इन्द्रात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootइन्द्र
FormMasculine, Ablative, Singular
अनुप्राप्ताobtained/received (having come) after
अनुप्राप्ता:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-√प्राप्
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
ब्रह्मवध्याfit to be slain for (killing) a brahmin / brahmin-slaying (sin/curse)
ब्रह्मवध्या:
TypeAdjective
Rootब्रह्मन् + वध्य
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
वरार्दनाḥdestroyers of boons/excellent ones (epithet; context-dependent)
वरार्दनाḥ:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवर + अर्दन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चतुर्थम्the fourth (part)
चतुर्थम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootचतुर्थ
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अस्याःof her/of this (woman/one)
अस्याः:
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormFeminine, Genitive, Singular
भागम्share/portion
भागम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभाग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
उक्तःsaid/spoken
उक्तः:
TypeVerb
Root√वच्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular, Past passive participle (क्त)
सम्प्रतीच्छतaccept/receive (you all)
सम्प्रतीच्छत:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-प्रति-√इष् (इच्छ्/इष्) / √ग्रह् (contextual; accept/receive)
FormImperative (लोट्) / Injunctive-like (contextual), Second, Plural
Speaker
भीष्म उवाच
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaI
IndraCharacter Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
War Context
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
A rightful allocation is to be accepted when it is grounded in authoritative tradition and framed as a protective, dharma-aligned ordinance; legitimacy and ethical distribution matter.
Bhīṣma cites Indra as the source of a binding rule/arrangement and instructs the listener(s) to accept a specified ‘fourth share’ as he has just laid down.