Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्यैवं खिद्यमानस्य धर्म परममास्थित: । कदाचिदतिथि: प्राप्तो ब्राह्मण: सुसमाहितः,एक दिन जब वह इसी तरह सोच-विचारमें पड़ा हुआ कष्ट पा रहा था, उसके यहाँ एक परम धर्मात्मा तथा एकाग्रचित्त ब्राह्मण अतिथिके रूपमें आ पहुँचा

Transliteration

tasyaivaṁ khidyamānasya dharma-paramam āsthitaḥ | kadācid atithiḥ prāpto brāhmaṇaḥ su-samāhitaḥ ||

Translation

இவ்வாறு உள்ளம் வருந்தினாலும் பரம தர்மத்தில் நிலைத்திருந்த அவனிடம், ஒருநாள் மனம் ஒருமித்த பிராமணன் விருந்தினனாக வந்து சேர்ந்தான்।

Word by Word

तस्यof him

एवम्thus

खिद्यमानस्यof (him) being distressed/afflicted

धर्मम्dharma; righteousness

परमम्supreme

आस्थितःhaving resorted to / established in

कदाचित्once; at some time

अतिथिःa guest

प्राप्तःarrived; having come

ब्राह्मणःa Brahmin

सु-समाहितःwell-composed; fully concentrated

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhishma (speaker)

a Brahmin guest (atithi)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even amid personal distress, one should remain established in the highest dharma; the arrival of an atithi (guest) becomes an ethical occasion to practice righteousness through hospitality, restraint, and proper conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person who has been suffering and reflecting is described as still adhering to supreme dharma. At that moment, a composed Brahmin arrives as a guest, setting up the next episode where the host’s values will be tested through the duties owed to an atithi.