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Shloka 3

Pāṇḍu’s Marriages, Conquests, and Triumphal Return (पाण्डोर्विवाह-विजय-प्रत्यागमनम्)

वैशम्पायन उवाच ततः सत्यवती भीष्मं वाचा संसज्जमानया । विहसन्तीव सत्रीडमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्‌,वैशम्पायनजी कहते हैं--जनमेजय! तब सत्यवती कुछ हँसती और साथ ही लजाती हुई भीष्मजीसे इस प्रकार बोली। बोलते समय उसकी वाणी संकोचसे कुछ अस्पष्ट-सी हो जाती थी

vaiśampāyana uvāca tataḥ satyavatī bhīṣmaṃ vācā saṃsajjamānayā | vihasantīva sa-trīḍam idaṃ vacanam abravīt |

వైశంపాయనుడు పలికెను—జనమేజయా! అప్పుడు సత్యవతి సంకోచంతో తడబడే స్వరంతో, స్త్రీలజ్జతో కూడి, స్వల్పహాస్యముతోనె భీష్మునితో ఈ మాటలు పలికెను।

वैशम्पायनःVaiśampāyana
वैशम्पायनः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootवैशम्पायन
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
TypeVerb
Rootवच्
FormPerfect, Third, Singular
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
सत्यवतीSatyavatī
सत्यवती:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootसत्यवती
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
भीष्मम्Bhīṣma
भीष्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वाचाwith (her) speech/voice
वाचा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
संसज्जमानयाhesitating, faltering (while speaking)
संसज्जमानया:
TypeAdjective
Rootसंसज्जमान
FormFeminine, Instrumental, Singular
विहसन्तीsmiling/laughing
विहसन्ती:
TypeAdjective
Rootविहसन्ती
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इवas if
इव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव
सत्रीa modest/shy woman
सत्री:
TypeNoun
Rootसत्री
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वचनम्speech, words
वचनम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवचन
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
अब्रवीत्said, spoke
अब्रवीत्:
TypeVerb
Rootब्रू
FormImperfect, Third, Singular

वैशम्पायन उवाच

V
Vaiśampāyana
S
Satyavatī
B
Bhīṣma

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights the ethical texture of speech in sensitive family matters: even when duty requires difficult requests, modesty and restraint shape how one speaks, reflecting social dharma and personal decorum.

Satyavatī is about to address Bhīṣma with a delicate proposal; she begins speaking with a hesitant, modest tone, smiling faintly yet feeling bashful, signaling the gravity and intimacy of what she is about to ask.