Shloka 25

Mahāvasu’s Fall by Speech-Error and Release through Devotion (अज-विवादः वसोः शापः विमोचनं च)

Devanagari script

इतिहासं च कार्त्स्न्येन राजशास्त्राणि वा विभो । गुरवे दक्षिणां दत्त्वा समावृत्तो महामुनि:

Transliteration

itihāsaṃ ca kārtsnyena rājaśāstrāṇi vā vibho | gurave dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā samāvṛtto mahāmuniḥ ||

Translation

ஓ வல்லவனே! அவன் இதிகாசங்களையும் முழுமையாகவும், அரசநீதி நூல்களையும் கற்றுத் தேர்ந்தான். குருவிற்கு விதிப்படி தக்ஷிணை அளித்து, அந்த மஹாமுனி சமாவர்த்தனம் செய்து திரும்பினான்—அதாவது அவனது ஒழுங்குமுறை கல்வி நிறைவு பெற்றது.

Word by Word

इतिहासम्history/itihasa

चand

कार्त्स्न्येनin entirety/fully

राजशास्त्राणिtreatises on kingship/political science

वाor

विभोO mighty one/Lord

गुरवेto the teacher

दक्षिणाम्fee/gift (to teacher)

दत्त्वाhaving given

समावृत्तःreturned (after completing studies)

महामुनिःthe great sage

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

guru (teacher)

mahāmuni (great sage)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True learning is shown not only by mastering knowledge—here, itihāsa and rājaśāstra—but also by ethical completion of discipleship: honoring the teacher through dakṣiṇā and returning as a disciplined, socially responsible graduate (samāvṛtta).

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma describes a great sage who has thoroughly studied traditional narratives and the science of kingship under a guru; after giving the customary teacher’s fee, he formally concludes his training and returns.