Shloka 67

Devanagari script

कलहंसविनिर्धोषैर्नूपुराणां च नि:स्वनै: । काज्चीनां च समुत्कर्षस्तत्र तत्र निबोध्यते,वह सो जानेपर कलहंसोंके कलरवों, नूपुरोंकी मधुर झनकारों तथा काउ्चीकी मनोहर ध्वनियोंद्वारा जगाया जाता है

Transliteration

kala-haṃsa-vinirghoṣair nūpurāṇāṃ ca niḥsvanaiḥ | kāñcīnāṃ ca samutkarṣas tatra tatra nibodhyate ||

Translation

భీష్ముడు పలికెను—అక్కడ అక్కడ మళ్లీ మళ్లీ కలహంసల కూయుట, నూపురాల మధుర ఝంకారము, కాంచీల (నడుము పట్టీలు) మనోహర నాదము స్పష్టముగా వినబడును।

Word by Word

कलहंसof the (sweet-crying) swans

विनिर्धोषैःby the loud calls/sounds

नूपुराणाम्of anklets

चand

निःस्वनैःby the jingling sounds

काञ्चीनाम्of girdles

चand

समुत्कर्षःthe rising/peaking (of sound), loudness

तत्रthere

तत्रhere and there

निबोध्यतेis perceived/understood

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bhīṣma

kala-haṃsa (swans)

nūpura (anklets)

kāñcī (girdle/waist-ornament)

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse uses auspicious, refined sounds (swans and ornaments) to evoke an ordered, cultured setting—supporting the Anuśāsana Parva’s broader ethical atmosphere where dharma is taught amid ideals of harmony, restraint, and civilized conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhīṣma is describing a scene where people become repeatedly aware of lively movement and awakening, signaled by the calls of kala-haṃsa swans and the melodious jingling of anklets and girdles—an evocative sensory detail within his ongoing discourse.