Shloka 20

Devanagari script

तथाविधस्य सुह्॒दा क्षन्तव्यं स्‍्वं विजानता । ऐश्वर्यमिच्छता नित्यं पुरुषेण बुभूषता,'जैसे सारथि अच्छे घोड़ेको सचेत करता है, उसी प्रकार यदि कोई मित्र मित्रको समझानेके लिये आया हो, मित्रकी हानि देखकर जो अत्यन्त दुखी हो और उसे सहन न कर सकनेके कारण जो हठपूर्वक अपने सुहृद्‌ राजाका हितसाधन करनेके लिये उसके पास आकर कहे कि “राजन! तुम्हारे इस धनका अपहरण हो रहा है” तो सदा ऐश्वर्य और उन्नतिकी इच्छा रखनेवाले विज्ञ एवं सुहृद्‌ पुछषको अपने उस हितकारी मित्रकी बात सुननी चाहिये और उसके अपराधको क्षमा कर देना चाहिये!

Transliteration

tathāvidhasya suhṛdaḥ kṣantavyaṃ svaṃ vijānatā | aiśvaryam icchatā nityaṃ puruṣeṇa bubhūṣatā ||

Translation

तथाविधस्य सुहृदा क्षन्तव्यं स्वं विजानता । ऐश्वर्यमिच्छता नित्यं पुरुषेण बुभूषता ॥

Word by Word

तथाविधस्यof such a kind (person)

सुहृदःof a friend/well-wisher

क्षन्तव्यम्should be forgiven/endured

स्वम्one's own (fault/act)

विजानताby (one) who knows/discerns

ऐश्वर्यम्sovereignty/prosperity

इच्छताby (one) desiring

नित्यम्always

पुरुषेणby a man/person

बुभूषताby (one) wishing to become/thrive

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma

a well-wishing friend (suhṛd)

a king (rājan, implied in the cited speech)

wealth/treasure (dhana, implied by context)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

A ruler or aspirant to prosperity should value frank, even forceful, counsel from a genuine well-wisher and forgive any perceived impropriety, because such admonition protects the king’s true interest.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Bhishma’s instruction on righteous conduct and governance, he describes the case of a loyal friend who, distressed by the king’s impending loss, urgently warns him that his wealth is being taken; Bhishma concludes that such a friend should be heard and forgiven.