Shloka 107

Śuka’s Guṇa-Transcendence and Vyāsa’s Consolation (शुकगति-वर्णनम्)

Devanagari script

अथ पज्चदशो राजन गुणस्तत्रापर: स्मृत: । पृथक्कलासमूहस्य सामग्र्यं तदिहोच्यते

Transliteration

atha pañcadaśo rājan guṇas tatrāparaḥ smṛtaḥ | pṛthakkalāsamūhasya sāmagrīyaṃ tad ihocyate ||

Translation

अथ पञ्चदशो राजन् गुणस्तत्रापरः स्मृतः । पृथक्कलासमूहस्य सामग्र्यं तदिहोच्यते ॥

Word by Word

• अथ: then/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• पञ्चदशः: fifteenth
• पञ्चदशः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदश
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• गुणः: quality/attribute
• गुणः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तत्र: there/in that context
• तत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र

• अपरः: another/further
• अपरः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्मृतः: is said/remembered/considered
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), Masculine, Nominative, Singular, Passive (participial)

• पृथक्: separately/distinctly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक्

• कलासमूहस्य: of the collection of parts/sections
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलासमूह
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सामग्र्यम्: completeness/totality
• सामग्र्यम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामग्र्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इह: here/in this context
• इह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह

• उच्यते: is said/is stated
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Present (Lat), Passive, Third, Singular

Speaker

भीष्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• King (addressed as rājan)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches that beyond possessing many separate skills, a higher virtue is their sāmagrī—completeness and coordinated integration—so that diverse arts function together effectively and responsibly.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma continues a structured enumeration of qualities (guṇas) while instructing the king, introducing an additional item: the integrated sufficiency of a set of distinct arts and competencies.